American Fiction Archives - Public Seminar

Director Cord Jefferson tackles Percival Everett’s 2001, novel Erasure

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is garnering praise this awards season for its satirical approach to Black representation...

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The Way We Shop Now

How American fiction has helped decode the history of capitalism

December 1, 2018 • by Sara Georgini

Consider the salesgirl. This holiday season, as we navigate the nation’s retail theatre in stores and online, let’s think about the ideas and ideologies of the diverse Americans at work behind the counter. Hero or villain, peddler or pauper, capitalist superhero or covert anarchist: the figure of the salesman has ...