TMR 25.1: "Papa, why do we have to learn this?" [JAMES]

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TMR 25.1: "Papa, why do we have to learn this?" [JAMES]

New season kicks off by covering the first 60 pages of JAMES by Percival Everett

Chad W. Post

Feb 13, 2025

Transcript

The 25th season of the Two Month Review will dive into two books related to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starting with Percival Everett’s highly praised, award-winning, James. This week Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Huck Finn, the language games in the opening chapters of the novel, discuss masks, grifters, how the two books intersect, and much more.

This week's music is "Request Denied" by El-P.

Next week we’ll cover pages 60-123 of James. You can find the complete reading schedule here.

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