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An illuminating comparison of Ann Petry's The Street and Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha with Cynthia Kadohata's The Floating World and Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker by You-me Park and Gayle Wald ("Native Daughters in the Promised Land: Gender, Race, and the Question of Separate Spheres," AL 70: 607-33) establishes the extent to which minority literature "represents the boundaries between public and private spheres in the United States" and how "these boundaries reinforce and overlap class and gender lines." The critics' conclusion is that both the African American and Asian American gro...

AT THE MUSEUM: Winter Speaker Series returns virtually Cristin Searles Bilodeau Newport Art Museum The hustle and bustle of the holiday season seems a bit quieter this year as we reimagine our celebrations in light of the pandemic. But one tried-and-true tradition will manifest itself again this year, the Museum’s 93rd Winter Speaker Series, a staple of Newport’s winter happenings. Each year the Winter Speaker Series Committee and Museum staff curate this historic lecture series to reflect a broad array of current topics, ideas, and voices to educate, illuminate, and inspire. This year th...