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Global currents in US literature (with Wai Chee Dimock)


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What connects Langston Hughes to Hong Kong, Malcolm X to Mecca, and Syrian merchants to the 9/11 memorial? In this episode, English professor Wai Chee Dimock shows us how to read quintessentially American writers from an international perspective. From this angle, major American concerns like race and money start to look a little different.Click here for more about the episode...Global currents in US literature (with Wai Chee Dimock)
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