Season 10: Episode 7 | The Oracle, Ben McFall
A short take on Ben McFall, who managed the fiction section at the Strand for over four decades.
Season 10: Episode 6 | Toni Morrison’s Statement About Writing & Revision
A short take on an alternative way of understanding a popular Toni Morrison quotation.
Season 10: Episode 5 | From Verses to Visuals on Jack Johnson
A short take on the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century written by Adrian Matejka and drawn by Youssef Daoudi.
Season 10: Episode 4 | Jonathan Major’s the Conqueror
A short take on Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror.
Season 10: Episode 3 | Wayetu Moore’s She Would Be King
A short take on Wayetu Moore’s debut novel about a redheaded Black woman with supernatural powers.
Season 10: Episode 2 | 1970s Black Superheroes
A short take on Black superheroes and their appearances in the 1970s.
Season 10: Episode 1 | African American Literature, Film Adaptations, and Berry Jenkins
A short take on African American novels adapted to film by Barry Jenkins.
Season 9: Episode 7 | Some Ways of Thinking About African American Literary Data Work
An episode about African American Literary Data Work, covering subjects such as frequently featured authors in scholarly journals, film adaptations and Wikipedia pageviews, novel ratings on Goodreads, and Toni Morrison’s reception.
Season 9: Episode 6 | African American Literary Data Work
A short take on African American literary data work.
Season 9: Episode 5 | Quantifying Toni Morrison’s Reception
A short take on the remarkable reception of Toni Morrison.