The article discusses the implications of body image when the superhero begins as a disempowered hero and gains superpowers over time.

This excerpt from DuBois’s work discusses the idea of “double consciousness” that all African Americans possess. By being oppressed, they’re able to see the roles of the oppressed as well as the oppressors.

After trying (and failing) to find materials on the demographics of comic book fans, I stumbled across multiple articles that referenced this article a staple in understanding the way the comic book industry functions in relation to comic book stores and fans. I found the article through World Cat, but our library does not subscribe to the…[Read more]

I’ve been working on some non-academic writing, and I looked up JK Rowling’s chapter diagram out of curiosity and in hopes of inspiration. Through a google search, I stumbled across this DailyMail link that has various images of author plot diagrams.…[Read more]

I found this article using Google Scholar, and the author is arguing for librarians to not just market the comic books for boys, even though men are the largest reading groups.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90111248

This is a NPR interview with Junot Diaz in 2008 after he won the Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. In this, he talks about the book and the prize.

This book chapter is from The Joker: A Serious Study of The Clown Prince of Crime, edited by Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert G. Weiner. The book compiles essay written on the DC comic character, the Joker. I was interested in this article because it deals with the abusive nature of the violent relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn.

I found this through the digital Edgar Allan Poe archives at University of Texas. This letter was written in 1849, and he references working on one of his poems “For Annie” within it.

This is a clip from the Library of Congress of X.J. Kennedy and Anne Sexton reading their poetry at Coolidge Auditorium in 1972. Sexton’s poems are amazing on their own, but it’s interesting contrasting the two poets performance style. Kennedy talks, sings some of his poems, makes comments to the audience. Sexton has a more serious tone, with…[Read more]

Ellen Riordan tackles the way women are being portrayed in 1990s popular and feminist culture. Focuses on commodification and “pro-girl rhetoric.”