ITF Read: Lovecraft Country (2016 novel) part one

Matt Ruff inverts the inherent racism of Lovecraft’s fiction by tying it to white supremacy in this supernatural horror novel about America’s racist history. In episode 154, Luke & James take their first few steps into the unimaginable horror lurking in the era of Jim Crow laws. Sections covered:

"Lovecraft Country"

"Dreams of the Which House"

"Abdullah's Book"

Topics: the very real horrors of racism, doing the necessary work for representation in your fiction, the first conversation Matt Ruff had with Misha Green and Jordan Peele, white privilege as magic, the additional weight authority gives to racist harassment, the X-Files connection with the story seed, winning over a prejudiced ghost, the book heist caper, and some predictions about where the story might go from here. Join them next week when they discuss the first five episodes of Lovecraft Country on HBO!

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Music: Ross Bugden