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Reinventing the epic with 'The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois'

Dec 20, 2021 · 8m
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  • Honoree Fanonne Jeffers' 'The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois' reinvents the epic.
  • The novel focuses on heroic Black women, challenging traditional epic narratives.
  • Jeffers aimed to tell a story different from the many epics about white men.

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