Marjory Hall
HPPR Radio Readers Book Club ContributorMarjory Hall is an Assistant Professor of English at Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell, Oklahoma. Her lifelong love of reading led her to earning a Bachelor of Arts in English, summa cum laude, and a Master of Liberal Arts in English at Henderson State University in southwest Arkansas. She later earned a Doctorate of Biblical Studies in another abiding interest, theology. She has taught English since 2005, moving to Panhandle State in 2021. She teaches Freshman Composition and Advanced Composition as well as a variety of literature classes including Dystopian Literature, Introduction to World Literature, and Multicultural Literature. In her spare time, Marjory reads – a lot - and enjoys many types of needlework.
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Hello, High Plains! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for the Radio Reader’s Series. At first glance, the title Everything Sad Is Untrue might strike one as a bit of clichéd wishful thinking. The more I think about it, though, the more it seems right in line with all I know about fairy tales. -
Hello, High Plains! I’m Marjory Hall from Goodwell, Oklahoma with a BookByte for the Radio Reader’s Series. Years ago, I was fortunate enough to attend an event in which Maya Angelou spoke to a full-house audience at my university. -
Featuring tales of his family’s history stretching back for years and centuries, we learn Nayeri’s story of attending middle school as an immigrant in Oklahoma. This story ranged from Persia to refugee camps in Italy and finally to asylum in the U.S. -
Greetings from Goodwell, Oklahoma! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for the Radio Readers Book Club. It might seem silly to revisit a book just for love of it when there are so many great books waiting out there. Like most bibliophiles, though, I have some that I will continue to re-read.
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