Welcome back to another Question of the Week here at The Confusing Middle! As always, the question this week comes from Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions. And I need to say something before I even get to it: last week's question was already one of the harder ones I've tackled in this series. I … Continue reading Question of the Week #492
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More Than Yellow Brick Roads
When L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, readers saw a delightful children's fantasy about a Kansas farm girl who finds herself in a magical land. What they didn't realize was that Baum had created one of the most sophisticated commentaries on American society ever disguised as a fairy tale. Through … Continue reading More Than Yellow Brick Roads
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