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				It's Lit!			


			

				
It's Lit!


				

					9.0										2018										Documentary				


				
A series of smart, funny video essays from PBS Digital Studios about their favorite books and why they love to read. Host Lindsay Ellis delves into topics like the evolution of YA, how science fiction mirrors our own anxieties, and why the book is sometimes just a _bit_ better than the movie.

				

									

						
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									When the Book is Better than the Movie
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				When the Book is Better than the Movie
				6m				Which is better, the book or the movie? Explore the question with host Lindsay Ellis.			

		
				
			

									The Evolution of YA
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				The Evolution of YA
				6m				Young Adult Fiction (YA) is dominating literature, and more young people are reading now than ever before. Lindsay…			

		
				
			

									Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
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				Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
				6m				While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries.…			

		
				
			

									An Ode to the Romance Novel
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				An Ode to the Romance Novel
				6m				Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre. Its history is long…			

		
				
			

									How Fantasy Reflects Our World
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				How Fantasy Reflects Our World
				6m				Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic! Okay, there's some of…			

		
				
			

									Why did they make me read this in High School?
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				Why did they make me read this in High School?
				6m				What makes a book important? Why are some books required reading in high school, while others are lost…			

		
				
			

									
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				Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
				6m				Despite the adage of not judging a book by its cover, there’s a lot of time, intent, and…			

		
				
			

									
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				Fear of Ghost...Writing!
				6m				You might being asking yourself-- Why do ghostwriters even exist? Isn’t that cheating? Isn’t literature supposed to be…			

		
				
			

									
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				Unreliable Narrators
				6m				Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but…			

		
				
			

									
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				Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature
				6m				Food varies wildly from place to place and from culture to culture; since humans are such sensory creatures,…			

		
				
			

									
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				Death, Personified
				6m				Death as a character reveals how we process one of life’s greatest mysteries, and there’s a lot more…			

		
				
			

									
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				How Greek Mythology Inspires Us
				6m				Ancient Greek Mythology has worked its way into modern pop culture so deeply that it would be an…			

		
				
			

									
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				The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables!
				6m				Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of history’s most famous novels and one of the longest-running musicals in…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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