Years ago—long before James existed as a book—I taught Huckleberry Finn the way I had been taught to teach it. Carefully. Respectfully. With all the right caveats. I told students it was complicated. I told them it was “of its time.” I told them Mark Twain was trying. All of that is true. None of it ever quite settledContinue reading “Who Gets to Speak–James by Percival Everett”
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reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 22
Join us this month as we talk about Mat Johnson’s award-winning 2015 novel Loving Day, asatirical look at contemporary USA’s engagement with race, identity, class, and culture.And of course, one-star reviews from Goodreads. –Deborah Brothers holds a Ph.D. in English Studies and reviews books for Choice and The Lion and the Unicorn and her essays, fiction, and scholarly workContinue reading “reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 22”