Category Archives: literature

Celebrate the New Year with a happy Public Domain Day!

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Bryan Alexander

Happy New Year, everyone!  Welcome aboard, 2025! And what better way to celebrate the new year then to recognize a whole slew of cultural objects just entered the public domain?  Yes, books, movies, and more from 1929 (and audio recordings … Continue reading →

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Fascism and imagination: reading _It Can’t Happen Here_ in 2018

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Bryan Alexander

Over the past few weeks I reread Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here.  The book became very popular and discussed before and after Donald Trump’s 2016 election, and, as a literature person, I wanted to see how it might … Continue reading →

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