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When the Book is Better than the Movie
Which is better, the book or the movie? Explore the question with host Lindsay Ellis.
The Evolution of YA
Young Adult Fiction (YA) is dominating literature, and more young people are reading now than ever before. Lindsay Ellis
Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several cent
An Ode to the Romance Novel
Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre. Its history is long and winding (like your
How Fantasy Reflects Our World
Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic! Okay, there's some of that. But it's also
Why did they make me read this in High School?
What makes a book important? Why are some books required reading in high school, while others are lost to history?
Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
Despite the adage of not judging a book by its cover, there’s a lot of time, intent, and money spent creating memorabl
Fear of Ghost...Writing!
You might being asking yourself-- Why do ghostwriters even exist? Isn’t that cheating? Isn’t literature supposed to
Unreliable Narrators
Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more cont
Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature
Food varies wildly from place to place and from culture to culture; since humans are such sensory creatures, using words
Death, Personified
Death as a character reveals how we process one of life’s greatest mysteries, and there’s a lot more breadth to how
How Greek Mythology Inspires Us
Ancient Greek Mythology has worked its way into modern pop culture so deeply that it would be an almost Sisyphean task t
The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables!
Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of history’s most famous novels and one of the longest-running musicals in Broa
The Case for Fan Fiction
For years writers of fan fiction were shamed, the butt of jokes, and even subject to copyright litigation. However, in t
Afrofuturism From Books to Blockbusters
With the success of Black Panther, the term Afro-Futurism got pushed into the mainstream. But what is Afro-Futurism and
How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing
Although we are currently living through a pandemic that has disrupted our lives and will shape the course of humanity,
Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later
Before women were asking “Am I a Carrie or a Samantha?”, they were asking “Am I a Jo or an Amy?” Before there wa
The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic?
Edward Cullen. Han Solo. Killmoklknger. Lestat. What do all these characters have in common besides being heartthrobs? T
The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien
Tolkien is widely regarded as the most influential author on the fantasy genre… period. But one of the less-discussed
War and Peace and Everything Else
According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chroni
The It’s Lit! Musical Episode
Some say that theater is dead, and that’s probably because most playhouses the world over are closed at the moment owi
The Fiery History of Banned Books
Since at least 213 BCE, book burnings have been a reaction to the power of the written word. When roasting paper in a gi
The (Stephen) King of Horror
Few writers have had the sheer staying power, popularity, and prolific output as Stephen King. From insatiably flesh-hun
Are Graphic Novels... Novels?
In the past few decades, literature has expanded to not only mean the “novel” but “graphic novels” as well. Toda
Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever?
The planet is Arrakis. Also known as Dune. And y’all, it’s a mess. December of this year, we were supposed to see th
Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters
Forbes once called her “The Warren Buffett of vampires,” but American author, Anne Rice has established herself as t
Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance
One of the most influential periods in Black American History post-slavery is the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, s
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