About Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

NBN Episodes hosted by Gael:

Christopher Pizzino, "Arresting Development: Comics at the Boundaries of Literature" (U Texas Press, 2016)

March 19, 2017

Arresting Development

Christopher Pizzino

There's a common myth about the history of comic books and strips. It's the idea that the medium languished for decades as a sort of time-wasting hobb…

Robert K. Elder, et. al. "Hidden Hemingway: Inside the Ernest Hemingway Archives of Oak Park" (Kent State UP, 2016)

August 29, 2016

Hidden Hemingway

Robert K. Elder, Aaron Vetch, and Mark Cirino

Before the war, before the novels, before the four marriages and the safaris, the plane crashes and the bullfighting fascination, Ernest Hemingway was…

Doug Bradley and Craig Werner, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War" (U Massachusetts Press, 2015)

April 30, 2016

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Doug Bradley and Craig Werner

From the "Ballad of the Green Berets" to "Bad Moon Rising," the music of the Vietnam War is woven through every vets memories. Vietnam vet Doug Bradle…

J. Gondelman and J. Berkowitz, "You Blew It! An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life" (Penguin, 2015)

March 10, 2016

You Blew It!

Josh Gondelman and Joe Berkowitz

Looking for a cheery, encouraging guide to improving your life? A reminder that nothing is really all that bad, and you can still pick yourself up and…

Alan Sepinwall, "The Revolution Was Televised" (Touchstone, 2015)

February 24, 2016

The Revolution Was Televised

Alan Sepinwall

What do Tony Soprano and Archie Bunker have in common? Alan Sepinwall, longtime TV writer and critic, knows that the 1970s comedic bigot and 2000s Jer…

Maris Kreisman, "Slaughterhouse 90210: Where Great Books Meet Pop Culture" (Flatiron Books, 2015)

January 28, 2016

Slaughterhouse 90210

Maris Kreizman

The concept sounds simple: Maris Kreizman's Slaughterhouse 90210: Where Great Books Meet Pop Culture (Flatiron Books, 2015), based on her popular Tumb…