HPPR Radio Readers Book Club

Hello, High Plains. My name is Andrea Elise, coming to you from Amarillo, Texas, to say a few words about the 2023 memoir by Diane Foley (along with collaborator Colum McCann) called American Mother.

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.

Hello everyone, this is Clifton Butt, an English teacher in Amarillo, Texas. I'm here to briefly discuss American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley. Before starting this book, I only had vague memories of James Foley, his capture, and his execution at the hands of ISIS in 2014.

Hi, my name is Chris Hudson and I’m an English professor at Amarillo College. Welcome to the Fall Radio Readers Book Club. I’ll be talking today about American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley. While reading American Mother I couldn’t help thinking about George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo.

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.

For High Plains Public Radio, I’m Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas. Today we are talking about the book American Mother. This is written by Colum McCann and Diane Foley. This is the true story of the tragic beheading of James Foley who was a freelance journalist. I liked this book.

This is Glenda Shepherd at Yucca Corners Farm in Stanton County, Kansas. I’m reviewing American Mother by Collum McCann and Diane Foley.American Mother ends with these two lines:“ Everything good, once begun, lasts. Nothing ever truly ends. ”

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, everyone. This is Mildred Rugger from Canyon, Texas, for the 2025 Fall Read of HPPR Radio Readers Book Club. As I did my usual pre-reading overview of American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley, I felt like this book would take me for an emotionally heavy ride.

Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas and here today to talk about the book Eat Your Words: A Kansas Poetry Cookbook. It’s a collection of recipes and poems I helped edit that collected 20 recipes from 20 chefs across the great state of Kansas, from urban centers to small towns, from restaurants to farms to food trucks.