{"id":5,"date":"2021-10-12T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/litbriefs\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2021-10-12T20:42:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:42:40","slug":"multithreaded-literary-briefs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/litbriefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Multithreaded Literary Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pagelinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/litbriefs\/about\"><button class=\"pagelink\">About<\/button><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/blacklitnetwork\"><button class=\"pagelink\">Black Literary Network<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagecontent\">\n  <div class=\"header\">\n    <h1>Multithreaded Literary Briefs<\/h1>\n  <\/div>\n  <div id=\"myBtnContainer\">\n    <button class=\"btn active\" onclick=\"filterSelection('all')\"> Show all<\/button>\n    <button class=\"btn\" onclick=\"filterSelection('21cen')\">21st Century Novels<\/button>\n    <button 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