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October read: Their Eyes Were Watching God

October read: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jonathan Hosking reflects on Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and its depiction of marriage, race and religion
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Review: ‘American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin’

Review: ‘American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin’

Amy Hagan reviews Terrance Hayes’ ‘American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin’, after he performed at this year’s Manchester Literature Festival.
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Classics digested: The Old Man and the Sea

A tale of passion, perseverance and faith, Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is a gem of American literature, says Shanda Moorghen
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Dysfunctional families in American literature

As Americans look towards spending quality family time together during Thanksgiving, Katie Myerscough examines some of the most dysfunctional families in American literature
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