Literature Unlocked
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A dark forest. The bite of an apple. A coffin made of glass. Enter the vampiric fairy tale of Tanith Lee—where the victim is the villain, and the witch must fight to survive. Snow White is a story brimming with vampire symbolism, but what was Tanith Lee saying when she rewrote the fairy tale in blood and
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I think I know what you think I’m going to say. I’m going to tell you about the studies that show that reading fiction increases compassion and empathy for others. By reading literature, you are given access to the lived experiences of diverse people: characters from different cultures, body types, ethnicities, even moments in history.
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My name is Dr Alex Carabine. Despite my rather impressive-sounding title, I’m actually a working-class woman from Liverpool. I attended a comprehensive secondary school where a sixth-form Goth girl was stabbed in the leg between lessons, and I never thought university would be for me. I had no confidence in my abilities, and, growing up
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