Read Awakening

Read Awakening is a literary variety show that blends comedy, music, and more. Think of it as the Reading Rainbow for a new generation. Explore today's literary scene in an unconventional way!

Plot Twist and Shout

7m 36s

How exactly did Bob Dylan win the Nobel Prize for literature? What are the standards that a song is considered a "great piece of literature"? What (or who) defines literature?

Episodes

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    Plot Twist and Shout

    S1 E4 - 7m 36s

    How exactly did Bob Dylan win the Nobel Prize for literature? What are the standards that a song is considered a "great piece of literature"? What (or who) defines literature?

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    A Woman's Sentence

    S1 E3 - 8m 45s

    From the New Women of the 1920s, to all the Single Ladies of the current millennium, feminism has endured in literature across time in ways that are not typically talked about. Check out this interesting history with Read Awakening.

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    Happily Indie After

    S1 E2 - 9m 55s

    With the rise of e-readers, will independent bookstores become obsolete?

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    Afrofuturism

    S1 E1 - 6m 49s

    Afrofuturism is defined as a genre at the intersection of black culture, technology, liberation, and the imagination. From the movie Black Panther to the music of Janelle Monae, Afrofuturism is on a lot of minds this year. Join host Dominique Taylor to explore the literary offerings of Afrofuturism with Rivers Solomon whose book, An Unkindness of Ghosts, you’ll want to read.

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