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Resource Guide: ‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel

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On August 6, 2020, Folger launched its new Virtual Book Club with a discussion of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. To dig deeper into the themes discussed, or to inspire your own book club, we have pulled together a list of related Folger resources to aid you in your exploration. A post next week will look closely at the items that were shared from the Folger vault.

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LEARN about plague and the arts in Shakespeare’s time

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