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Piranesi and its Layers
Literary analysis and allusions galore
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Actually, I Love Goodreads
A rebuttal
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It's About Time!
Where we discuss time, time travel, and Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
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2
What Do We Want From Pandemic Novels?
A survey of books over the years
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Books on Books on Books
Do you love reading so much that you want to read books about reading books?
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Shruti & Neha
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Actually, I Love Goodreads
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15
Books on Books on Books
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2
It's About Time!
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The Birds and the Books
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame: An Urban Gothic Masterpiece
In which I try to convince you to read this classic, and share some history
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Amnesia as a Plot Device: When is it Too Much?
Amnesia, memory loss, and data wipes in literature and media
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The Birds and the Books
Tracking symbolism through Jane Eyre, The Illness Lesson, Taylor Swift, and more
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Science Fiction and the Legacy of Colonialism
It's still alive and well
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Art, Aliens, and Anthropology
Where did Ursula K. Le Guin's inspiration to write The Left Hand of Darkness come from? Plus: illustrations from a special edition version of the novel
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Literary Explorations of Mental Illness
The Midnight Library, The Bell Jar, and the mind-body problem
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The Alien Truth about Lying
Are humans the only beings that lie? Why do we imagine aliens the way we do?
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The Matrix of Mythology
Differentiating conspiracies and myths, and highlighting some mythology retellings we think are important
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The Hero's Journey, The Heroine's Journey
Thinking about narrative structures and different frameworks to analyze stories
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