Welcome back to Beloved, by Toni Morrison. In this episode, Shari and Rhea discuss the novel in a bit of a different way, that is, in the way of movement. What is the push and pull of each character? Where is the status quo that each is continually striving for and what is the continual element disrupting that design? Where and when and to who is each character saying yes, or no to, and what is the resulting consequence of that decision—however conscious or unconscious that may be. All these things help reveal a movement happening: for the characters individually, and the story as a whole. And how is memory involved in all this movement? How is it pushing, pulling, causing, disrupting, animating, and fragmenting these people, their lives, and our lives, too?

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