Lit List: Thursday October 20, 2016
/Today on the Lit List: An oral history of death, the real meaning of "locker room banter" and "nasty," and young Afro-Modernists in Nigeria.
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Today on the Lit List: An oral history of death, the real meaning of "locker room banter" and "nasty," and young Afro-Modernists in Nigeria.
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Read MoreToday on the Lit List: A review of Alexandra Kleeman's short fiction, why there should be less school, and a new Afro-feminist coloring book.
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