Chapter II Going Through The Motions Movement, Metahistory, and the Spectacle of Suffering in Teju Cole’s Open City”[L]iterature, like psychoanalysis, […]
Objectively, the global moment of Afropolitanism affords a greater visibility to people of African descent, be it in the world
argues that Black culture and identity have been quite thoroughly investigated in spatial terms, focusing on notions such as dispersal
1.2 The Extranationality of African LiteratureAfrican literature has often been defined in terms of national or nationalist literature and interpreted
Chapter I Introduction – Writing Race in the Moment of Afropolitanism”We all know the truth: more connects us than separates
SUMMER 1980IN THE MONTHS AFTER LEARNING SHE WOULD BE JOINING THE ASTRO-naut corps, Joan did three things.First, she gave notice
SEVEN YEARS EARLIERJOAN’S YOUNGER SISTER, BARBARA, HAD CALLED HER ONE MORNING TO tell her about a commercial she’d seen on
VANESSA FORD HAS HAD BIOMEDICAL SENSORS ALL OVER HER BODY FOR hours. They have been sending her vitals down to
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid summary of Atmosphere (2025), a historical-fiction romance set in the 1980s space-shuttle era: — Setting
Chapter 31 When Boo Radley shuffled to his feet, light from the livingroom windows glistened on his forehead. Every move
Chapter 30“Mr. Arthur, honey,” said Atticus, gently correcting me. “Jean Louise, this is Mr. Arthur Radley. I believe he already
Chapter 29Aunt Alexandra got up and reached for the mantelpiece. Mr. Tate rose, but she declined assistance. For once in
CHAPTER 28 The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. We didn’t even need jackets. The wind
Chapter 27Things did settle down, after a fashion, as Atticus said they would. By the middle of October, only two
Chapter 26School started, and so did our daily trips past the Radley Place. Jem was in the seventh grade and
Chapter 24Calpurnia wore her stiffest starched apron. She carried a tray of charlotte. She backed up to the swinging door
Chapter 23 “I wish Bob Ewell wouldn’t chew tobacco,” was all Atticus said about it. According to Miss Stephanie Crawford,
Chapter 22It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through
Chapter 21She stopped shyly at the railing and waited to get Judge Taylor’s attention. She was in a fresh apron
Chapter 20“Come on round here, son, I got something that’ll settle your stomach.”As Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man
Chapter 19 Thomas Robinson reached around, ran his fingers under his left arm and lifted it. He guided his arm
Chapter 18 But someone was booming again.“Mayella Violet Ewell—!”A young girl walked to the witness stand. As she raised her
Chapter 17“Jem,” I said, “are those the Ewells sittin‘ down yonder?”“Hush,” said Jem, “Mr. Heck Tate’s testifyin‘.”Mr. Tate had dressed
Chapter 16Jem heard me. He thrust his head around the connecting door. As he came to my bed Atticus’s light
Chapter 15 After many telephone calls, much pleading on behalf of the defendant, and a long forgiving letter from his
Chapter 14 Although we heard no more about the Finch family from Aunt Alexandra, we heard plenty from the town.
Chapter 13 “Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia,” was the first thing Aunt Alexandra said. “Jean Louise, stop
Chapter 12 Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told
Chapter 11 When we were small, Jem and I confined our activities to the southern neighborhood, but when I was
