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Hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Join the hosts and their special guests to find out what the 20th century was all about.


What Makes Flowers in the Attic the Perfect Quarantine Read?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols
January 20, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On the Reality Behind Shirley Jackson’s Haunted Stories

Benjamin Dreyer Guests on Lit Century to Talk About
The Haunting of Hill House
January 12, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Can We Stop Underrating
Shirley Jackson Now?

Benjamin Dreyer Talks to Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
on Lit Century
January 5, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Where Blues for Mister Charlie Fits into James Baldwin’s Oeuvre

Isaac Butler Talks to Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
on Lit Century
December 29, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Religion and Nonviolent Protest in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie

Isaac Butler Guests on Lit Century, with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
December 22, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Sylvia Plath’s Use of Tastelessness in Ariel

Elisa Gabbert Talks to Sandra Newman and
Catherine Nichols on Lit Century
December 15, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
December 8, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Desire (and its Absence) in the Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
December 1, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Arnold Lobel’s Preoccupation With Solitude in Frog and Toad

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
November 24, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Cheaper by the Dozen, the Duggars, and Our Obsession with Clans

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
November 17, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On the Dark American Nostalgia of Cheaper By the Dozen

Historian April Holm Joins Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast
November 10, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Female Friendship and Transgression in Nella Larsen’s Passing

Kaitlyn Greenidge Joins Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast
November 3, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On the Fine Line Between Antagonist and Love Interest in Nella Larsen’s Passing

Megan Abbott Talks to Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast
October 28, 2020  By Lit Century 
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Why Djuna Barnes Withdrew Into Total Seclusion the Last 40 Years of Her Life

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
October 20, 2020  By Lit Century 
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On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes’s Nightwood

Introducing Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
October 13, 2020  By Lit Century 
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