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Discover your next literary adventure with HCC English professors Kofi Adisa, Sylvia Lee, and Laura Yoo! Dive into thought-provoking discussions about books and get expert recommendations for your next captivating read. Fuel your imagination and expand your literary horizons with these insightful educators
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Signup to Generate a PitchDiscover your next literary adventure with HCC English professors Kofi Adisa, Sylvia Lee, and Laura Yoo! Dive into thought-provoking discussions about books and get expert recommendations for your next captivating read. Fuel your imagination and expand your literary horizons with these insightful educators
Recent episodes include "Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin" (16 February 2026, 31 minutes), "All the Sinners Bleed by S.A Cosby" (28 January 2026, 31 minutes), and "Highbrow vs Lowbrow" (25 November 2025, 29 minutes).
Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive are Artists, Writers & Performers and Universities & Colleges. Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive has an arts audience.
Bookish: A Casual Book Club Archive is an arts podcast with 22 episodes published.
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Episode #22
We often treat imagination like a luxury, but Ruha Benjamin argues it’s a battlefield. In this episode, Sylvia, Kofi, and Laura glimpse into Imagination: A Manifesto to discuss how we can deprogram ourselves from...
Episode #21
In this episode, Sylvia, Kofi, and Laura examine S.A. Cosby's haunting and visceral masterpiece, All the Sinners Bleed. As Titus Crown navigates his role as the first Black sheriff in a small Virginia town, he is forced...
Episode #20
Get ready to spill the tea on literary snobbery! This episode of Bookish: A Casual Book Club, Laura, Kofi, and Sylvia dive into the often-murky waters of "high brow" vs. "low brow" literature. Is it the Pulitzer, the...
Episode #19
This month Bookish takes on S. A. Cosby's gripping crime thriller, Razorblade Tears. After their gay sons are brutally murdered, two ex-cons from vastly different worlds must set aside their prejudice and partner up to...
Episode #18
The summer is over, the pages are settled, and it's time for Bookish to check in! In this highly anticipated follow-up episode, Sylvia, Kofi, and Laura revisit their ambitious Summer Reading Lists. They’ll discuss which...
Episode #17
What’s on your summer reading list? In this episode of Bookish: A Casual Book Club, Howard Community College English professors Sylvia, Kofi, and Laura share their top book picks for summer 2025 and unpack why summer...
Episode #16
This week, join Laura, Sylvia, and Kofi as they dive into Claire Keegan's acclaimed novella, "Small Things Like These." The trio explores the book's themes, characters, and the powerful storytelling that has captivated...
Episode #15
This week, our hosts Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura take a deliciously taboo deep dive into the books that mess us up—in the best way. From Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! to Nabokov’s Lolita, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby...
Episode #14
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura discuss Dave Eggers’ novel, The Parade (2019). They dive into the allegorical story about two men, Four and Nine, who are charged with paving a road between two cities in a...
Episode #13
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura discuss The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith. They talk about the novel's themes and the controversy around its translation. Han Kang is a South Korean author...
Episode #12
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura share their thoughts on readings that inspire joy or delight. They mention The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, What Comes Next and How to Like it by Abigail Thomas, One Man’s Meat...
Episode #11
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura report back on their summer reading and dive into a discussion of James by Percival Everett. Spoiler Alert: We do talk about the ending of James!
Episode #10
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura talk about their summer reading lists. In addition to a variety of books on their individual lists, they will be reading James by Percival Everett. Be sure to read along with...
Episode #9
In this episode of Bookish, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura explore the fantasy genre and its many subgenres, such as high fantasy, magical realism, Wuxia fantasy, and sci-fi fantasy. They discuss The Wings of Fire (the graphic...
Episode #8
Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura talk about "grocery store reads" or so-called "trashy novels" that range from romances like The Single Dad Project and Fifty Shades of Grey to crime thrillers like Reckoning.
Episode #7
Kofi, Laura and Sylvia discuss the 2001 novel, Erasure, by Percival Everett. They also talk about the film based on the novel, American Fiction. American Fiction is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which...
Episode #6
Kofi, Sylvia and Laura discuss graphic literature. They review "Abina and the Important Men," a compelling and powerfully illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named...
Episode #5
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura talk about memoirs, including a discussion of Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu, HCC’s Bauder Lecture book for this year.
Episode #4
In this episode, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura talk about scary stories! What is scary? Why do we write and read scary stories? Happy Halloween! The stories discussed: “The October Game” by Ray Bradbury, “Survivor Type” by...
Episode #3
In this episode of Bookish, Kofi, Sylvia, and Laura share their summer reading adventures. Listen to find out how they fared in their the summer reading challenges!
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