Season 2 episodes2020-02-27

Season 2

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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Episodes

Season 2

Episode 1

The Case for Fan Fiction

Episode 2

Afrofuturism From Books to Blockbusters

Episode 3

How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing

Episode 4

Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later

Episode 5

Season 2

Season 2

The Case for Fan Fiction

Afrofuturism From Books to Blockbusters

How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing

Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later

The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic?

The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien

War and Peace and Everything Else

The It’s Lit! Musical Episode

The Fiery History of Banned Books

The (Stephen) King of Horror

Are Graphic Novels... Novels?

Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever?

Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters

Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance

How Do You Write a Bestseller?