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Many students say Northwestern has either an absent or laughable football culture amongst students, others argue that that conclusion is ill-informed, and that a lot of students care, we just have a smaller school. We talked to studying students around campus this reading week to see who is thinking and talking about the ‘Cats.

Northwestern just went to the Big Ten Championship, Do Students Care?

In this episode, I dive into two texts. The first one is a collection of short stories called “Friday Black” by Adjei-Brenyah, which can be classified more easily in the Black horror genre. The second one is Bloodchild by Octavia Butler, which is a sort of Afro Pessimistic Afrofuturism. Justin Mann, an assistant Professor in African-American studies and English at Northwestern, will join us today. His research and teaching interests include African-American Literature, speculative fiction and security studies.

Episode 4: World-building From a Vulnerable Place

If we are gonna talk Black horror, we have to start at its predecessor, the gothic. On this episode I talk with Nicole Spigner, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University. Her research interests include 19th & 20th Century African American and Diaspora literature with a focus on Black Classicism, Black Feminism, speculative fiction and syncretic religion.

We discuss slave narratives and Toni Morrison's "Beloved."

Episode 2: The Haunting of Slavery

The thing that scares me everyday is how violently Black folks have been treated. Or how casually racist beliefs about black people are tossed around society. Especially through the popular media, like truly, truly horrific treatment and portrayals that were and are just…. normal. Horrible conditions that people are just expected to endure. Some of the scariest images in America’s history come to mind, and they sound straight from a horror novel.

In this episode, I dive into what inspired my Black fiction podcast project, and I introduce some of the people who are going to help me dissect the literature along the way.

Episode 1: An Introduction to Black Horror & Gothic Fiction

Dr. Alexander Weheliye, a scholar of Black critical theory and a professor in Northwestern's African-American Studies Department will join us on today’s show.

We discuss Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" and W. E. B. DuBois's theory of [Black] double consciousness.

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