Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.
Follow us on Instagram: @desperatereaderspod
and Twitter: @DesperateReads
Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana
Opening music by Seth Thomsen
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Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.
Follow us on Instagram: @desperatereaderspod
and Twitter: @DesperateReads
Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana
Opening music by Seth Thomsen
XLVIII. The Ways of White Folks: Passing by Langston Hughes
Desperate Readers
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7 months ago
XLVIII. The Ways of White Folks: Passing by Langston Hughes
This week Niko and Tatiana return to the Harlem Renaissance and discuss Langston Hughes's short story "Passing" from the collection The Ways of White Folks. They discuss identity, economic freedom, patronage, and the Kendrick-Drake feud.
Desperate Readers
Tatiana and Niko meet together to discuss great literature of the past and present. In each episode they read a book of contemporary world literature and pair it with a canonical western classic to delve into shared literary themes and questions that writers keep returning to across space and time.
Follow us on Instagram: @desperatereaderspod
and Twitter: @DesperateReads
Sound recording and editing by Niko and Tatiana
Opening music by Seth Thomsen
