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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: Gene Luen Yang, âBoxers & Saintsâ (First Second, 2013)
Description: I love picking up a historical monograph in which the footnotes count for a quarter or more of the total pages. Most students donât share this strange love of mine. Iâm therefore always trying to figure out ways to bring in other sorts of works that will engage students without giving up anything in terms of historical richness or depth of thought. To this end, I often assign âgraphic historiesâ in my classes (aka comics). One that I recently used in class, and was deeply impressed with, was Gene Luen Yangâs Boxers & Saints (First Second, 2013). This informative...