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Taylor Swift, Poetry, and Invisible Strings

This one is for the Swifties and the Swifties only. In this special episode, Jordy sits down with Kristie Frederick Daugherty, bonafide Taylor Swift scholar, poet, and literary critic. They discuss their favorite eras, but more importantly, why we ought to take Taylor Swift seriously as a poet. Daugherty’s new book Invisible Strings: 113 Poets

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National Book Award Finalists for Fiction

Curious about the National Book Award finalists? Last week and this week, our team dived into the shortlists for the Young People’s Literature and Fiction titles. Today, Mariquita and Mhairie discuss the five shortlisted books in Fiction. The National Book Award winners will be announced tomorrow! Mentioned in this episode: All Fours by Miranda July

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[FBC Weekly] Nov. 15, 2024

Renee, Rah, and Sally reconvene to ask is doxxing justified?, plus Grammy takeaways, and what we’re watching and reading. This will be the last podcast version of FBC Weekly. Don’t fret, though! We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here: https://feministbookclub.mn.co/ Books mentioned:  The Disordered Cosmos by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein We

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National Book Award Finalists for Young People’s Literature

Curious about the National Book Award finalists? This week and next week, our team is  diving into the shortlist for the Young People’s Literature and Fiction titles. Today, join Renee, Jordy, and Nox as they tell each other about the five nominees for Young People’s Literature and which title they think is going to win

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The Memeification of Culture (and this election) with Dr. Lauren Cagle

Mhairie speaks with Dr. Lauren Cagle, professor of rhetoric at the University of Kentucky, about the history of memes, their impact on culture, and particularly on prevalence of memes in the 2024 US Presidential election. They discuss the field of rhetoric more broadly, define the term “meme,” and investigate the generational differences in social media

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