Rereading Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg

Deborah and Mary Grace reread Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, E.L. Konigsburg’s 1967 debut novel. You can listen to this episode here.

Discussed on this episode: 

Other books by E.L. Konigsburg:

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Konigsburg’s Newbery Medal winner about a brother and sister who run away to the Metropolitan Museum.

(George)

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

About the B’nai Bagels

A Smithsonian Magazine article commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of From the Mixed-Up Files.

An article by John Rowe Townsend calling Konigsburg's titles “gimmicky” and “an irritation."

Recommended for fans of Jennifer Hecate:

The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh

And, lastly, here’s Merriam-Webster’s definition of Hecate, with pronunciations. Bottom line: Debby and Mary Grace are both right!

The podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout at rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com and is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms.

You can find Debby’s author interviews on her blog, Books Q&A by Deborah Kalb and Mary Grace’s adventures in the 1920s on her blog, My Life 100 Years Ago.

This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.

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