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Lit and Life: My Intellectual Trajectory

By Robin Bates | Published: December 12, 2019

I’ve long held that great literature impacts history harder than lesser literature. I trace the evolution of my ideas in today’s post.

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Lit Can Both Enslave and Liberate

By Robin Bates | Published: June 19, 2017

In his 1961 revolutionary classic, Frantz Fanon saw literature as a powerful force with the potential to both enslave and liberate. Emerging nationalist movements needed literary expression to frame a sense of what was possible.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Frantz Fanon, independence movements, liberation struggles, Wretched of the Earth | Comments closed