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+ graphic novels, banned books, dead kennedys, reading, books, chip zdarsky, annie ernaux, Robert Fitzgerald

Breakdown of My 2025 Reading Habits

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In my last post in 2025, I wrote about some of the books I read last year. Today, for the first post of 2026, I want to do a deep dive into my 2025 reading summary, looking, as well, at information about Americans’ reading habits and at what I plan to read during the first part of 2026. Before I get started, I will … Read More Breakdown of My 2025 Reading Habits

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“Is this what you’re afraid of?”: Banned Books Comics Project

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Every semester I debate what types of assignments I want to incorporate into my courses. Over the years, I have moved away from strictly written essays, choosing instead to provide students with a space to use their talents and passion in the creation of projects to convey an argument. This usually takes the form of an Unessay Project where students create anything based on … Read More “Is this what you’re afraid of?”: Banned Books Comics Project

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+ african american literature, alice walker, ashley hope perez, banned books, Literature, out of darkness, the color purple

Banned Books Week: Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”

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Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has been one of the most and banned challenged books since its debut in 1982. As The Banned Books Project points out, there have been “different reasons for the book being banned, including religious objections, homosexuality, violence, African history, rape, incest, drug abuse, explicit language, and sexual scenes.” The bans and challenges to The Color Purple, as we know, have nothing to do with … Read More Banned Books Week: Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”

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The Role of Names in Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”: Part II

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A few posts ago I started exploring the role of names in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Specifically, I looked at Soaphead Church’s letter to God and his questions, “What makes one name more a person than another? Is the name the real thing, then? And the person only what his name says?” By looking at Claudia and Frieda’s nickname for Maureen Peals and the ways … Read More The Role of Names in Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”: Part II

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+ american history, banned books, edwidge danticat, fascism, history, sinclair lewis

Fascism Can’t Happen Here

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Earlier this week, Edwidge Danticat published “It Can Happen Here” in Harper’s Bazaar. Danticat details how legislation in Florida reminds her of oppressive regimes in her Haiti and the repression of knowledge. She reminds us that no matter what we think, oppression and fascism can happen here, even if we think it can’t. The title of the article harkens back to Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 … Read More Fascism Can’t Happen Here

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