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It's Lit!
How Fantasy Reflects Our World
Season 1
Episode 5
Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic! Okay, there's some of that. But it's also a lens to what our society finds important to our pasts, our presents, and future.
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