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Stories--when told well--entertain us, enthrall us, captivate us. At times, however, they provide far more—commenting on the world, defining our society, revealing our origins or our future. Sometimes, stories are deeply personal—shaping who we are or who we aim to be. In the Lit Matters podcast, English professor and lover of stories, Chris Evans, discusses the question of “what stories should we all be reading?” with fellow teachers, librarians, writers, musicians, professionals, students, and more. Join him in this quest to create an empowering and inclusive bookshelf for all.
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
This week, Lit Matters moves from the seas to the cosmos, discussing Samuel R. Delany’s 1984 Sci-Fi masterpiece, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, with Professor Paco Brito Nύnez, a Professor of American Literature and English at Orange Coast College.
If you want to blast off into other thrilling worlds of Science Fiction, pick up Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon, Carl Sagan’s Contact, Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others, Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot, Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God, Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time, or Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delaney is available on Amazon and Audible.