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Anglo-Spanish Relations in Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar: Snapshots of Exile, Race and Nation in the Early Modern World
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Anglo-Spanish Relations in Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar: Snapshots of Exile, Race and Nation in the Early Modern World

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Zainab Cheema

We revisit Dr. Zainab Cheema’s December 2024 presentation as part of our discussion of Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar.

Collection Connections: 'Dating Dr. Dil' by Nisha Sharma
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Collection Connections: 'Dating Dr. Dil' by Nisha Sharma

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Anandi Rao

We revisit Anandi Rao’s November 2024 presentation as part of our discussion of Nisha Sharma’s Dating Dr. Dil.

Collection Connections: 'Edith Holler' by Edward Carey
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Collection Connections: 'Edith Holler' by Edward Carey

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Rachel B. Dankert

We revisit Rachel B. Dankert’s October 2024 presentation as part of our discussion of Edward Carey’s Edith Holler.

Collection Connections: 'Year of Wonders' by Geraldine Brooks
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Collection Connections: 'Year of Wonders' by Geraldine Brooks

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Beatrice Bradley

Beatrice Bradley revisits her September 2024 presentation on Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.

Macbeth and the Roots of Birnam Wood
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Macbeth and the Roots of Birnam Wood

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Todd Andrew Borlik

Todd Andrew Borlik revisits his August 2024 presentation on Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood.

Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part Two)
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Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part Two)

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The second part of the opening conversation between emma poltrack and Dr. Will Tosh as part of the June 2024 discussion of Mark Prins’s The Latinist.

Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part One)
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Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part One)

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The Folger Spotlight

We revisit the opening conversation between emma poltrack and Dr. Will Tosh as part of the June 2024 discussion of Mark Prins’s The Latinist.

Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry
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Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry

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Su Fang Ng

Su Fang Ng revisits her May 2024 presentation on Brinda Charry’s The East Indian.

Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, Pt. 2
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Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, Pt. 2

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Ivie Orobaton

Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the second of a two-part series.

Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi
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Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi

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Ivie Orobaton

Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the first of a two-part series.

Collection Connections: 'The Weird Sisters' by Eleanor Brown
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Collection Connections: 'The Weird Sisters' by Eleanor Brown

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Elizabeth DeBold

Elizabeth DeBold revisits her December 2023 presentation on Eleanor Brown’s The Weird Sisters, a family story threaded with Shakespearean references.

Collection Connections: 'Beheld' by TaraShea Nesbit
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Collection Connections: 'Beheld' by TaraShea Nesbit

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Rachel B. Dankert

Rachel B. Dankert revisits her November 2023 presentation on TaraShea Nesbit’s Beheld and the experience of early colonists in America.

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