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Now showing — The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Audio Companion · 5 works

  • The Wire Television · 2000s

    Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Godfather Film · 1970s

    The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc Film · 1920s

    Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.

    NatureAfter-hoursLonging
  • The Shining Film · 1980s

    A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.

    Urban isolationFolkloreAfter-hours
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  • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Music
  • The Dark Side of the Moon Music
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  • The Souls of Black Folk Essays
  • The Bhagavad Gita Essays
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  • The Sopranos Television
  • The Wire Television

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