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The Fiery History of Banned Books

The Fiery History of Banned Books

Season 2 Episode 9
14:02
The (Stephen) King of Horror

The (Stephen) King of Horror

Season 2 Episode 10
9:00
Are Graphic Novels... Novels?

Are Graphic Novels... Novels?

Season 2 Episode 11
10:10
How Do You Write a Bestseller?

How Do You Write a Bestseller?

Season 2 Episode 15
13:01
Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway

Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway

Season 2 Episode 16
12:13
What's in a (Pen) Name?

What's in a (Pen) Name?

Season 2 Episode 17
14:34
Jane Eyre: Why We Keep Reading It

Jane Eyre: Why We Keep Reading It

Season 2 Episode 19
17:08
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It's Lit!

The It’s Lit! Musical Episode

Season 2 Episode 8

Some say that theater is dead, and that’s probably because most playhouses the world over are closed at the moment owing to a worldwide pandemic. And yet the musical lives on… on Disney plus -- as the nation has been rapt with a filmed version of the Broadway smash hit, Hamilton. This had us come to the realization that a lot of the bread and butter of musical theater is built off of books!

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Toni Morrison’s Opus About Confronting a Terrible Past
9:41
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
15:11
We explore the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut.
The Women of Jane Austen
18:33
The women in her work reveal to us her growth, her politics and ambition.
Why We Keep Retelling the Classics
12:30
Sometimes a story is just so dang good, it bears repeating.
What We Don’t Know About The Father of Sci-Fi
17:12
There's more to H.G. Wells than we know or think.
Why Do People Think Huck Finn Is Racist?
13:34
It is considered one of the great American novels and one of the most frequently banned.
The Life behind To Kill a Mockingbird
12:31
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
14:34
She is one of the most prolific and important Black authors in the genre.
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