It's Lit! (2018)
A series of smart, funny video essays from PBS Digital Studios about their favorite books and why they love to read. Host Lindsay Ellis delves into topics like the evolution of YA, how science fiction mirrors our own anxieties, and why the book is sometimes just a _bit_ better than the movie.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Episodes season 1
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1x1
When the book is better than the movie
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1x2
The evolution of ya
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1x3
Why sci fi is a mirror on society
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1x4
An ode to the romance novel
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1x5
How fantasy reflects our world
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1x6
Why did they make me read this in high school?
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1x7
Can you judge a book by its cover?
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1x8
Fear of ghost...writing!
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1x9
Unreliable narrators
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1x10
Food & fiction: memorable meals in literature
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1x11
Death, personified
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1x12
How greek mythology inspires us
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1x13
The beauty and anguish of les misérables!
Episodes season 2
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2x1
The case for fan fiction
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2x2
Afrofuturism from books to blockbusters
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2x3
How fictional pandemics reflect the real thing
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2x4
Why we still love little women, 150 years later
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2x5
The byronic hero: isn’t it byronic?
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2x6
The constructed languages of jrr tolkien
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2x7
War and peace and everything else
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2x8
The it’s lit! musical episode
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2x9
The fiery history of banned books
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2x10
The (stephen) king of horror
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2x11
Are graphic novels... novels?
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2x12
Dune, the most important sci fi series ever?
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2x13
Anne rice, the queen of literary monsters
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2x14
Literary icons you need to know from the harlem renaissance
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2x15
How do you write a bestseller?
