Episode 004

Just as literature and art is in a sense a mirror of our culture, so too are our advertisements. They are all stories we tell ourselves and in turn shape our view of ourselves. Our guest this week is Nathanael T. Booth, who has a doctorate in American literature and whose area of emphasis is small towns in mid-20^th century American literature. We explore how advertising and marketing helped shape small town America, it’s current effects on the American small town and marketing, advertising, and sales in American literature.

You can follow Nathanael T. Booth on his website.

Here are the books discussed during the podcast:

• Yokohama, California by Toshio Mori
• Kings Row, by Henry Bellamann
• Calamity Town, by Ellery Queen
• Main Street Revisited, by Richard Francaviglia