Marjory Hall
HPPR Radio Readers Book Club ContributorMarjory Hall has taught English at Oklahoma Panhandle State for nearly 20 years. She’s originally from Florida, but has taught in South Carolina and in Garden City, Kansas. She holds a master’s in divinity and a Doctorate in Biblical Studies as well as a Masters n English. When she’s not teaching English or reading, she is involved in theater or playing with her two furry kids.
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Hi from Goodwell, Oklahoma! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for our 2025 Fall Read. As I read American Mother by Colum McCann and Diane Foley, I initially did not give any particular thought to Foley’s being a nurse by profession. -
Hi from Goodwell, in the Oklahoma panhandle! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for our 2025 Fall Read. It’s not uncommon for people to recall wonderful first lines of novels. -
Hi, I’m Marjory Hall from Goodwell, Oklahoma with a BookByte for our 2025 Fall Read. American Mother by Colum McCann and Diane Foley is, as the title suggests, about a mother’s reaction to the death of her child. This mother, though, must navigate an unusual element of her child’s passing. -
Hi from Goodwell, in the Oklahoma panhandle! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for our 2025 Fall Read. I imagine that war has been a topic of philosophical consideration for as long as there has been war. -
This book focuses on Diane Foley's experience as the mother of James Foley, a journalist held captive and murdered by ISIS. -
Greetings from Goodwell, Oklahoma! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for our new 2025 Fall Read. In an earlier Book Byte, I mentioned how much avid readers appreciate an author’s fresh approach to a novel. -
Greetings from Goodwell, Oklahoma! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for our new 2025 Fall Read. Voracious readers might well be those that most appreciate when an author provides us with a truly fresh approach to the novel. In his Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders has conjured a multi-layered work of unique voice, structure, and theme. -
Hi, I’m Marjory Hall from Goodwell, Oklahoma with a Summer BookByte! Sometimes life gives us unexpected bonuses, like when you find a $20 bill forgotten in a pocket or when your favorite store has a buy one/get one special. For me, Olivia Hawker’s novel The Stars and Their Light was just that sort of happy surprise. -
Greetings from Goodwell in the Oklahoma Panhandle! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for the Radio Reader’s Series. Words are important. The words we use reflect how we perceive the world and how we react to it. We can choose whether that perception is positive and accepting or negative, rejecting people and experiences without really giving them much consideration. -
Greetings from Goodwell in the Oklahoma Panhandle! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for the Radio Reader’s Series. Don’t you think most people have been taught that rhetorical questions are great attention-grabbers? After all, such questions immediately invite the reader into the conversation.
