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The Chills at Will Podcast is a celebration of the visceral beauty of literature. This beauty will be examined through close reads of phrases and lines and passages from fiction and nonfiction that thrills the reader, so much so that he wants to read again and again to replicate that thrill. Each episode will focus on a different theme, such as "The Power of Flashback," "Understatement," "Cats in the Cradle," and "Chills at Will: Origin Story."
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Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
In this episode, Pete explores the festering and righteous and justified anger felt by many over the continued oppression of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and society as a whole. This anger is made visible through a close read of Langston Hughes’ incredibly-powerful poem, “The Colored Soldier,” in which he talks to his brother, killed in France in WWI, in a dream.
Authors Mentioned and Allusions and Songs Referenced During the Episode:
Rage Against the Machine’s “Freedom”-with “Anger is a gift” lyrics
Song at beginning and end of episode: “Wicked” (Instrumental) by Ice Cube
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"Righteous and Justified Anger"🔥
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Powerful.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
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