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Supercontext: The Moomins and the Great Flood

This 1945 children’s book by Tove Jansson began a publishing empire in Finland that is worth millions of dollars. We look at Jansson’s beloved allegory about a world where a family survives turmoil and everyone is accepted for who they are.

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The Moomins and the Great Flood

Additional Resources:

Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins
Brown, Ulla (November 2004). “A Quest for What Lies Hidden” (PDF). Outwrite. 7: 8–12.
‘It is a religion’: how the world went mad for Moomins
THE HANDS THAT MADE THE MOOMINS
How Tove Jansson’s Moomins conquered readers’ hearts
My search for the real Moominland
How Tove Jansson and the Moomins continue to inspire
The Evocative Powers of Tove Jansson – Moomin Museum – Tampere Finland – Jude Cowan Montague
The dark side of the Moomins

Supercontext: Exit, Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

This 2018 comic series by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan reimagines the cartoon character as a gay playwright at odds with 1950s American politics. We examine Russell’s writing goals while considering a critical debate about the book: is it formulaic award-bait or character-driven commentary on our present circumstances?

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Exit, Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 415: How To Write a Book II: Transformer

Guest: Ezra Furman

First broadcast March 1 2019.

Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/03/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-february-22nd-how-to-write-a-book-ii-transformer-episode-415/

“Ambiguity is a major building block of queerness, and Lou Reed may be the most ambiguous rock star who ever lived.”

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