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Canon (Literature)

Campaign Literature

From a certain angle, Donald Trump’s presidency may not have moved the United States in entirely the wrong direction. One of the few areas to benefit from his stewardship, the…

Making Meaning

by Garth Greenwell,

Against “relevance” in art

Making Meaning

Host Violet Lucca,Guest Garth Greenwell

You may know what you want, but you may not know what you need

Counter Culture

by Caleb Crain,

Fighting for literature in an age of algorithms

What Is Literature?

by Arthur Krystal,

In defense of the canon

Twenty Little Poems That Could Save America

by Tony Hoagland,

Imagining a renewed role for poetry in the national discourse — and a new canon

Radisson confidential

by Jonathan Lethem,

I know what you read last summer

by Ursula K. Le Guin,

In the Canon, for All the Wrong Reasons

by Amy Tan,

Reading books, great or otherwise

by Katha Pollitt,

Debate the canon in class

by Gerald Graff,

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Campaign Literature

Making Meaning

Making Meaning

Counter Culture

What Is Literature?

Twenty Little Poems That Could Save America

Radisson confidential

I know what you read last summer

In the Canon, for All the Wrong Reasons

Reading books, great or otherwise

Debate the canon in class

April 1991

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