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Patrick wrote a new post, The Color Purple, A Valuable Text, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 days ago

I believe an apt addition to the course would be The Color Purple by Alice Walker. The issues and depth of this book and the topics it covers like abuse, trauma and love. I think maybe not the whole book would be […]
Ty wrote a new post, The Missing Author: Gloria Naylor, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 days, 6 hours ago

I think a great fictional book in this class would be Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor. The religious undertones within the text, illustrated by Naylor’s reference to Dante’s Inferno, the satanic unde […]
Carly McWilliams wrote a new post, "When Faith Meets Activism" Meets Slam Poetry, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 days, 14 hours ago

One of my favorite units in this class was the “When Faith Meets Activism” section of our syllabus, during which we read works like Warriors Don’t Cry and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The literature and film […]

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