It is autumn, and we are back. Keene on Books returns with an episode on Taylor Jenkins Reid's 2025 novel, Atmosphere. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Amber Davisson, Professor and Chair of the Communication and Philosophy Department and Meriem Pagès, Professor of English, departmental medievalist, and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Forum. For those interested, yes, we have already sold the tv and film rights to this episode: we're all played by AI.

Keene on Books returns with an episode on Rufi Thorpe's 2024 novel Margo's Got Money Troubles. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Amber Davisson, Professor and Chair of the Communication and Philosophy Department at Keene State and Molly Parsons, Assistant Director of the KSC Center for Research and Writing. A book with pro wrestling, OnlyFans, and narrative theory: I've never wished more that the intro music for Keene on Books was Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance music. /glass breaks

Keene on Books returns with an episode discussing Kate Atkinson's 2024 novel, Death at the Sign of the Rook. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Celia Rabinowitz, Director of Mason Library at Keene State and Molly Parsons, Assistant Director of the Center for Research and Writing at KSC. You should listen, but the TL;DL here is that we love Atkinson, and Beatrice can steal our paintings anytime.