Five English professors at Wichita State are aiming to give people an ‘in’ to classic literature with a new one-minute segment on KMUW, Wichita’s local NPR station.
“We have this idea of a program where a couple of English professors just do commentaries about books that we like,” associate professor and chair of the English department, Francis Connor, said. “Not the sorts of things we would do in a class, not the lectures. But, you know, ‘This play is really cool. Here’s why you should read it.’”
The show, fittingly titled ‘Why Should I Read This?’, will air every other Wednesday on Morning Edition starting Jan. 21. The hosts will rotate between Connor and other WSU English faculty members: Katie Lanning, Kerry Jones, Rebeccah Bechtold and Adam Scheffler…