LitLab

Literature and Accountability/Literature in the #MeToo Era/Literature and "Cancel Culture" This week we will think about what to do with writers and books that espouse opinions or advance ethical positions that we do not agree with, support, or condone...

Many of us have fallen in love with podcasts as a new form of storytelling. What makes story-telling in podcasts different from other kinds of story-telling? What is the relationship between podcasts and previous forms of oral narrative (radio drama...

The past several months have seen a nationwide renewal and recommitment to civil rights and racial justice. What is Anti-Racism, and how does one practice it? This week we will watch Raoul Peck’s 2016 film I Am Not Your Negro, which profiles the activism...

What are canons when it comes to literature? Where do they come from? Who makes them? For whom? What are they good for (and not good for?) How do canons change over time? How do you read and experience works that are presented to you as “canonical”? In...