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Collection Connections: Magic and Mayhem in the Tudor Court: Juno Dawson's "Queen B"
Engraved portrait of Anne Bullen in a circular frame on a page, with the words
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Collection Connections: Magic and Mayhem in the Tudor Court: Juno Dawson's "Queen B"

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Elizabeth DeBold

We revisit Beth DeBold’s June 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Juno Dawson’s Queen B.

Collection Connections: Specters of Hamlet and AI as RenAIssance Technology
Early ninetheenth-century watercolor painting depicting Hamlet encountering the ghost
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Collection Connections: Specters of Hamlet and AI as RenAIssance Technology

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Alexa Alice Joubin

We revisit Alexa Alice Joubin’s May 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Em Liu’s The Death I Gave Him.

Collection Connections: The "You" You Think You Are: "Twelfth Knight," RPGs, and Identity
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Collection Connections: The "You" You Think You Are: "Twelfth Knight," RPGs, and Identity

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Kavita Mudan Finn

We revisit Kavita Mudan Finn’s April 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Flora Carr’s The Tower. Explore Folger collection items that relate to the novel.

Collection Connections: Flora Carr’s 'Tower' and the Real Wives (and Maids) of Lochleven
Printed portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots with an oval border bearing the words
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Collection Connections: Flora Carr’s 'Tower' and the Real Wives (and Maids) of Lochleven

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Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich

We revisit Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich’s March 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Flora Carr’s The Tower. Explore Folger collection items that relate to the novel.

Anglo-Spanish Relations in Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar: Snapshots of Exile, Race and Nation in the Early Modern World
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Anglo-Spanish Relations in Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar: Snapshots of Exile, Race and Nation in the Early Modern World

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Zainab Cheema

We revisit Dr. Zainab Cheema’s December 2024 presentation as part of our discussion of Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar.

Collection Connections: 'Dating Dr. Dil' by Nisha Sharma
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Collection Connections: 'Dating Dr. Dil' by Nisha Sharma

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Anandi Rao

We revisit Anandi Rao’s November 2024 presentation as part of our discussion of Nisha Sharma’s Dating Dr. Dil.

Collection Connections: 'Edith Holler' by Edward Carey
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Collection Connections: 'Edith Holler' by Edward Carey

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Rachel B. Dankert

We revisit Rachel B. Dankert’s October 2024 presentation as part of our discussion of Edward Carey’s Edith Holler.

Collection Connections: 'Year of Wonders' by Geraldine Brooks
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Collection Connections: 'Year of Wonders' by Geraldine Brooks

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Beatrice Bradley

Beatrice Bradley revisits her September 2024 presentation on Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.

Macbeth and the Roots of Birnam Wood
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Macbeth and the Roots of Birnam Wood

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Todd Andrew Borlik

Todd Andrew Borlik revisits his August 2024 presentation on Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood.

Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part Two)
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Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part Two)

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The second part of the opening conversation between emma poltrack and Dr. Will Tosh as part of the June 2024 discussion of Mark Prins’s The Latinist.

Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part One)
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Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part One)

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The Folger Spotlight

We revisit the opening conversation between emma poltrack and Dr. Will Tosh as part of the June 2024 discussion of Mark Prins’s The Latinist.

Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry
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Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry

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Su Fang Ng

Su Fang Ng revisits her May 2024 presentation on Brinda Charry’s The East Indian.

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