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Toni Morrison’s Opus About Confronting a Terrible Past
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To understand Beloved, we must first look at the author: Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison.
Why Magical Realism is a Global Phenomenon
10:03
We explore the roots, tenets of the genre, and its rise in Latin American Literature.
Why Edgar Allan Poe Isn't Just a Sad Boy
11:03
His legacy is more complicated than school books may have lead us to believe.
Inside the Absurdist Mind of Kurt Vonnegut
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We explore the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut.
The Women of Jane Austen
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The women in her work reveal to us her growth, her politics and ambition.
Why We Keep Retelling the Classics
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Sometimes a story is just so dang good, it bears repeating.
What We Don’t Know About The Father of Sci-Fi
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There's more to H.G. Wells than we know or think.
Why Do People Think Huck Finn Is Racist?
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It is considered one of the great American novels and one of the most frequently banned.
The Life behind To Kill a Mockingbird
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it is one of the trademark texts of the American school system by Harper Lee.
Don’t Know Much About BEOWULF? Nobody Does!
12:56
We take a look at this Epic Poem and follow its long, winding journey.
The Female Writers Who Dominated Amatory Fiction
11:52
Amatory fiction was a genre of fiction was created by…women.
Octavia Butler, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction
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She is one of the most prolific and important Black authors in the genre.
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