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DIY MFA Reading List: “The Intuitionist” by Colson Whitehead

posted in Blog on July 16, 2010 by David Eric Tomlinson 1 Comment

Lila Mae Watson is a black woman trying to move up in a world that keeps trying to push her back down. But she’s not having any of it in Colson Whitehead’s “The Intuitionist”.

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DIY MFA Reading List: “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison

posted in Blog on May 17, 2010 by David Eric Tomlinson 3 Comments

A nameless protagonist navigates a tragically comic landscape fraught with danger, mystery, and peril in this timeless novel dramatizing the absurdity of race relations in America.

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