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American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at hundredpagescast@gmail.com

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26:05

Episode 6: Mark Fiege, The Republic of Nature: An...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/26

The first part of my four episode review of Mark Fiege's excellent The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States. In the first two chapters we explore the environmental context of witch trials, religious dissent, the American Revolution, Monticello, and the Puritan encounter with indigenous people.

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29:04

Episode 5: Turner and Isenberg, Republican Reversal:...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/16

Part two of my review of Republican Reversal, a book exploring the fate of the Republican commitment to federal conservation laws. I found it pretty bleak, but maybe there is some hope. I do think the book needs an update to consider the last 8 years.

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32:12

Episode 4: Turner and Isenberg, Republican Reversal:...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/10

The first part of my review of The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump. While this book is quite short, it is essential reading to understand the conservatives turn away from conservation. Some of the "whys" are obvious but quite a few are surprising.

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30:49

Episode 3: Mark Smith: Smell of Battle, the Taste of...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/08

In this episode I look at a sensory history of the American Civil War. It is a fascinating way to look at the past, but like so many sensory experiences, this one left me wanting more. What do you think of looking at the past through the realm of the senses?

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37:38

Episode 2: Jeremy Zallen: American Lucifers (Part 2/2)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/05

The second part of my review of the excellent history book American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light. Who are today's Lucifers and is their story still dark?

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50:04

Episode 1: Jeremy Zallen: American Lucifers, The Dark...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/03

To start this new phase of this podcast, I am reviewing one of the best history books I read in the past year, Jeremy Zallen's American Lucifers, a book about capitalism, labor, violence, and the environment and how they all interrelate. Let me know what you think of the ideas of the book and if you read the book, let me know what you think I got wrong.

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9:49

Soft Reboot Episode

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2025/09/02

The episode in which I explain where this podcast will go from here, so as not to overwhelm me and my capacities.

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30:52

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 103: No Time...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/11/04

This is the first episode of my review of Robert Heinlein's longest work, NO TIME FOR LOVE. We are reintroduced to an old friend, Lazarus Long, as he reflects on his life (but maybe not enough reflection for this reader).

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30:58

Episode 663: James Baldwin: The Devil Finds Work (1976)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/11/04

THE DEVIL FINDS WORK was James Baldwin's final major essay and a fascinating exploration of how he has seen and experienced American (and some non-American) films over the course of his life, finding the problem at the heart of America's major cultural export.

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22:46

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 102: I Will...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/10/28

The finale of my review of I WILL FEAR NO EVIL by Robert A. Heinlein. Next up, NO TIME FOR LOVE.

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19:35

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 101: I Will...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/10/16

Part three of my thoughts on I WILL FEAR NO EVIL by Robert A. Heinlein.

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20:42

Episode 662: James Baldwin: No Name in the Street

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/10/16

My quick review of James Baldwin's excellent essay NO NAME IN THE STREET. The last 20 pages of this essay are particularly hard hitting and remain meaningful.

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20:13

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 100: I Will...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/10/14

Boy does this book drag on. Lots of good stuff, but Robert A. Heinlein seems to take his precious time getting there. Is I WILL FEAR NO EVIL a sign of what will come later in his works?

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27:24

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 99: I Will Fear...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/09/30

Part 1 of 4 of my review of I WILL FEAR NO EVIL by Robert A. Heinlein. I wonder how other recent readers of this book look back on it. Obviously the novel deals with gender in sexuality in transgressive ways, but it also seems very old fashioned in its approach.

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29:06

Episode 661: James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time (1963)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/09/30

Brief thoughts on James Baldwin's 1963 essay THE FIRE NEXT TIME and its place in American history.

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37:18

Episode 660: James Baldwin: Nobody Knows My Name,...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/09/16

In this episode I review James Baldwin's collection of essays NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME: MORE NOTES OF A NATIVE SON. These essays bridge his time in Paris to his engagement in the discourse on civil rights in America.

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26:34

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 98: The Moon is...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/09/16

The conclusion to my review of THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. In the next episode we will being a four part dive into I WILL FEAR NO EVIL.

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39:45

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 97: The Moon is...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/09/04

Part two of my review of THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert A. Heinlein. In this episode, I cover the revolt on the Moon and some of the political theory at the heart of the novel, both the spoken and unspoken parts.

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29:41

Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 96: The Moon is...

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/08/21

Part 1 of 3 of my review of THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS, one of Heinlein's most famous and well-regarded books. Often billed a libertarian novel, is it better to look at it as anti-colonial? Can it be both?

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36:58

Episode 659: James Baldwin: Notes of a Native Son

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) ·

2024/08/21

We begin our look at James Baldwin's essays with his 1955 collection NOTES OF A NATIVE SON. Some of the topics explored in this collection are black representation in culture, expat life in Paris, and political life in Harlem.

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