Kamala Harris’s favorite lit reveals a woman engaging in foundational exploration, especially regarding race and gender.
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Harris’s Literary Favs Reveal a Vibrant Soul
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Bigger Thomas, Clarence’s Shadow
“Native Son,” 75 years old, is Justice Clarence Thomas’ favorite novel. I theorize that Bigger Thomas is the justice’s destructive shadow.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged affirmative action, Clarence Thomas, Everybody's Protest Novel, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Supreme Court, voting rights Comments closed
Uncomfortable Books that Help Us Grow
Streep and Kline in Sophie’s Choice A recent survey of the Tea Party movement has revealed that the movement is overwhelmingly white, educated, middle class and conservative, and people are now studying what it all means. I love this post Ta-Tehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic. As occurs in the world of the […]
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Clarence Thomas and Native Son
The focus in this week’s posts is on Supreme Court justices and literature. I notice that, in his New York Times column today, moderate conservative David Brooks endorses Sonia Sotomayor for just that restrained balance that we discussed yesterday as we explored her early love for Nancy Drew novels. Today I’m going to talk about […]
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Sonia Sotomayor and Nancy Drew
This week, with Sonia Sotomayor still in the news (although the firestorm that greeted her nomination has gone into temporary remission), I thought I’d devote my posts to supreme court justices and literature. This was inspired in part by an excellent New York Times article over the weekend on Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas (in which […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Carolyn Keene, children's classics, Clarence Thomas, detective fiction, Edward Stratemeyer, Franklin Dixon, Hardy Boys, Hillary Clinton, Issac Asimov, John Roberts, Laura Bush, Meghan O'Rourke, Nancy Drew, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Samuel Delaney, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor Comments closed
