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4:22

Sascha Morrell

Why is William Faulkner so difficult to read?

Posted May 2023
4:46

Mollie Godfrey

One of the most banned books of all time

Posted Feb 2023
5:12

Keenan Norris

One of the most "dangerous" men in American history

Posted Feb 2023
14:52

Cecilia Aragon

The creativity and community behind fanfiction

Posted Mar 2022
4:19

Jodie Houlston-Lau

How to make a sad story funny

Posted Nov 2021
5:08

Iseult Gillespie

The Norse myth that inspired "The Lord of the Rings"

Posted Oct 2021
4:32

Tanya Boucicaut

Can love and independence coexist?

Posted Oct 2021
4:53

Sheila Marie Orfano

How do you know what's true?

Posted Jun 2021
4:46

Brian A. Pavlac

A brief history of the devil

Posted Mar 2021
56:38

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Cheryl Strayed

Posted Feb 2021
4:47

Yen Pham

Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?

Posted Jan 2021
2:03

Lewis Carroll

"Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense

Posted Sep 2020
5:00

Rebekah Bergman

First person vs. Second person vs. Third person

Posted Jun 2020
5:36

Sascha Morrell

Why should you read "Moby Dick"?

Posted May 2020
14:20

Beth Ann Fennelly

How literature can help us develop empathy

Posted May 2020
4:34

Soraya Field Fiorio

Who was the world's first author?

Posted Mar 2020
5:02

Iseult Gillespie

The tale of the doctor who defied Death

Posted Mar 2020
4:50

Iseult Gillespie

The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir

Posted Mar 2020
4:47

Dan Kwartler

Why should you read "Dune" by Frank Herbert?

Posted Dec 2019
3:33

Sheila Marie Orfano

Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?

Posted Dec 2019
4:25

Jill Dash

Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding?

Posted Dec 2019
8:23

Eve Ensler

The profound power of an authentic apology

Posted Dec 2019
4:56

Sheila Marie Orfano

Why should you read Dante's "Divine Comedy"?

Posted Oct 2019
14:33

David Peterson

Why language is humanity's greatest invention

Posted Oct 2019
4:19

Laura Wright

Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy?

Posted Sep 2019
10:54

Jacqueline Woodson

What reading slowly taught me about writing

Posted Sep 2019
5:42

Iseult Gillespie

Why should you read "Midnight's Children"?

Posted Sep 2019
4:24

Iseult Gillespie

Why should you read "Kafka on the Shore"?

Posted Aug 2019
4:31

Ilan Stavans

Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges

Posted Jul 2019
4:17

Alex Gendler

Why should you read "The Master and Margarita"?

Posted May 2019
4:25

Alex Gendler

Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?

Posted May 2019
4:31

Silvia Moreno-García

Titan of terror: the dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft

Posted Apr 2019
4:51

Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler

What "Machiavellian" really means

Posted Mar 2019
4:43

Iseult Gillespie

The wicked wit of Jane Austen

Posted Mar 2019
4:28

Iseult Gillespie

Why should you read Sylvia Plath?

Posted Mar 2019
4:01

Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey

Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?

Posted Feb 2019