Lit Century
by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
May 14, 2024 6:00 pm
Host Catherine Nichols and guests 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. Tune in to find out what the 20th century was all about.
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