Episode 46: Should comic literature be taken more seriously? Charlie Geer's humorous memoir ¿QUÉ DICES, TEACHER? got me thinking this about the communicative power of humor.
Books mentioned (in order):
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady, by Florence King, first published in 1985
Outbound: The Curious Secession of Latter-Day Charleston, by Charlie Geer, published in 2005 by River City Publishing
The Stone Raft, by José Saramago, first published in 1986
¿Qué dices, teacher?: Las aventuras lingüisticas de un americano en España, by Charlie Geer, published in 2020 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
¿Qúe pinto yo aquí? Un neoyorquino en la ciudad de nunca jamás, by John Julius Reel, published in 2014 by Editorial Confluenicas
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, by Richard Rodriguez, 40th anniversary edition published in 2022 by David R. Godine Press
The Human Comedy, by William Saroyan, first published in 1943
Short stories mentioned:
“Alibi Ike” by Ring Lardner
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” by Ernest Hemingway
Other authors mentioned:
Bill Bryson
Cormac McCarthy
Clarice Lispector
Literary Magazines mentioned:
Tin House, The Sun, Threepenny Review, Southern Review, McSweeney’s Review
Charlie Geer’s KZread channel:
/ @amerizano4690
The video that got him the book contract:
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