American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
Evan Lampe
In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at hundredpagescast@gmail.com
Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 27, 2020 • 28min
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 9: Strange High House in the Mist
My review of Lovecraft's "Strange High House in the Mist" allows us to return to Kingsport in preparation for our upcoming "Dream Quest".
Nov 27, 2020 • 40min
Episode 436:Sinclair Lewis: Elmer Gantry (1)
Elmer Gantry is a student at a religious university who far from lives the religious life, but find himself on the career path of a Baptist preacher. Sinclair Lewis' novel ELMER GANTRY is a great look at the culture wars of the 1920s.
Nov 23, 2020 • 30min
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 8: The Silver Key
The "Silver Key" is Lovecraft's greatest Randolph Carter story with an enduring theme of childhood saving us from the banality of modern life. Carter's quest for meaning, set years after the events of DREAMQUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH has lessons for the importance of childhood.
Nov 23, 2020 • 24min
Episode 435:Sinclair Lewis: Arrowsmith (Part 5)
The final of my review of ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis. It ends on a rather high note where science triumphs over the distractions of American capitalism.
Nov 18, 2020 • 35min
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 7: The Call of Cthulhu (2)
In the second half of my review of THE CALL OF CTHULHU I explore some of the most important passages in all of Lovecraft's writings: the interview with the cultist Castro. The cost of wordily freedom maybe high, but for many marginalized people it is worth paying.
Nov 18, 2020 • 30min
Episode 434: Sinclair Lewis: Arrowsmith (4)
Part four of ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis explores Martin Arrowsmith's career as it moves into hard science, war, and eventually a devastating plague in the West Indies. As always the contradictions between science and politics follows him.
Nov 16, 2020 • 38min
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 6: The Call of Cthulhu, Part 1
The first of two episodes in which I look at the famous story by H. P. Lovecraft, THE CALL OF CTHULHU. Great story due to its nested narrative and global scope.
Nov 16, 2020 • 27min
Episode 433: Sinclair Lewis: Arrowsmith (3)
Martin Arrowsmith, bored with being a small-town doctor moves into the field of public health, finding the politics of science even worse than the personal politics of private practice. I look at this as well as other things in this part of my review of ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis.
Nov 13, 2020 • 22min
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode5: In the Vault
"In the Vault" seems a bit out of place in this period of Lovecraft's career, but it is a bit of fun and plesantly gory. The TV show TALES FROM THE CRYPT did a episode seemingly inspired by this tale called "Fitting Punishment".
Nov 13, 2020 • 35min
Episode 432: Sinclair Lewis: Arrowsmith (2)
Part two of my review of ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis. In this episode we follow Martin Arrowsmith as he begins his career as a small-town doctor.
