From “American Dirt” to “Apropos of Nothing” to “A Promised Land,” here is what happened in the literary and publishing world’s unforgettable 2020.
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Month: December 2020
Nearly a Century Later, We’re Still Reading — and Changing Our Minds About — Gatsby
Our critic considers why F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic inspires and withstands so much interpretation.
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Robert Jones Jr. Is Son of Baldwin, and More
The writer’s debut novel, “The Prophets,” is the Black queer love story he longed to read.
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UC Riverside Gender Studies Prof Argues that Higher Education Must ‘Abandon the Construct’ of Finals
A gender studies professor at the University of California, Riverside canceled all his finals this semester in response to the pandemic, opting instead to give each of his students a perfect score for their final exam. Professor Brandon Robinson argued that universities and colleges should “abandon the construct” of exams entirely.
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U. of Cincinnati Prof May Not Return to Classroom After Saying ‘Chinese Virus’
University of Cincinnati Professor John Ucker may not return to the classroom in the spring over his use of the term “Chinese virus” in an email he sent to students in September. Ucker was placed on leave in September after the email went viral on Twitter.
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