107. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo and adapting the classics for modern readers
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I Love the Great Gatsby
In a publishing industry that is 76% white and only 11% of books each year are published by authors of color, there are fewer concerns from the publishers. The act of retelling a story is to challenge it to peel back the assumptions of the reader and the author. It's a love letter to a book but also a response. This is how I can do it better. "I'm so glad you found this article because we started this semester kind of asking the question like why adaptations sometimes? Why are some authors choosing to enter the stories and novels they're writing through the door of adaptation?" said student Alyssa Drexler.
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