Episode 110: The big questions
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In collaboration with the John Jay College Office for the Advancement of Research, Kathleen moderates a conversation about the value of the humanities with colleagues David Munns (History), Allison Pease (Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs), Belinda Rincon (Latin American and Latinx Studies and English), and Dean Ringel (History). A bonus segment includes a conversation with Dr. Charissa Che, English department faculty at John Jay. Visit for more information.
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Episode 109: Kathleen Collins on common unhappiness
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Kathleen discusses her novel, (Vine Leaves Press, 2024), with Dr. April Burns, Associate Professor of Psychology at . This Book Talk was recorded live at the CUNY Graduate Center on March 5, 2025. Visit for more information.
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Episode 108: Valerie Paley on museum truths
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Author and CUNY museum studies graduate student talks with Valerie Paley, senior vice president and the Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at . Learn more at .
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Episode 107: Feminist modernists on reading, relevance, and resistance
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Jean Mills, Associate Professor and chairperson in the English Dept. at John Jay College, and Ria Banerjee, Professor of English and Honors Program Coordinator at Guttman Community College and the Graduate Center, discuss Dr. Banerjee’s book and related topics. Visit for more.
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Episode 106: Olivera Jokić and Dijana Jelača on knowing the past
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Olivera Jokić (John Jay College) and Dijana Jelača (Brooklyn College) discuss , translated from Serbo-Croatian to English by Dr. Jokic. For more information, visit .
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Episode 105: Diana Rickard on the new true crime
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colleagues, Diana Rickard and Tracy Bealer, talk about the true crime genre and Dr. Rickard’s book . Visit to learn more.
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Episode 104: Mary Phillips on Ericka Huggins and Sister Love
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Mary Frances Phillips, author of (NYU Press 2025) talks with Olivia Moy, faculty member in the English Dept. at CUNY Lehman College, about the educator, poet, activist, former political prisoner and Black Panther Party veteran. Visit for more.
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Episode 103: Adam Berlin on men and movie-moves
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Kathleen talks with John Jay College English professor Adam Berlin about his new short story collection, (Livingston Press 2024). Visit for more.
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A novel about 1960s' City College activists
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, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University, discusses her novel, , with , English Department Lecturer at City College. Visit for more.
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Episode 101: Ulises Gonzales sobre La Vida Papaya
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Mercedes Diez, Director of Communications and College Relations at Lehman College, and Professor Ulises Gonzales of the Journalism and Media Studies Department at Lehman discuss Professor Gonzales’s new book, . For more, visit .
info_outlineBret Maney, assistant professor in the English department at CUNY’s Lehman College and Cristina Perez Jimenez, assistant professor in English at Manhattan College, talk about the English translation of Guillermo Cotto-Thorner’s 1951 novel, Manhattan Tropics (Trópico en Manhattan), published by Arte Público Press.