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Podcast: Thoughts from a Page Podcast
Episode: Jess McHugh - AMERICANON
Description: Jess and I discuss Americanon, the way these thirteen books shaped culture, gender roles and beliefs in the U.S., evaluating American identity in terms of a different canon of books, looking into what books were owned in any given era, how she decided which books to include in Americanon, and much more.Jess’s recommended reads are:
Negative Space by Lily Dancyger
An Ordinary Age: Finding Your Way in a World That Expects Exceptional by Rainesford Stauffer
Life on the Line: Young Doctors Coming of Age in a Pandemic by Emma Goldberg
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