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It’s Lit! [Unabridged]

PBS

Welcome to It’s Lit! [Unabridged], the sister podcast to the popular YouTube series It’s Lit!. Hosted by Princess Weekes, this 10-episode podcast spinoff will feature lively conversations with noted authors about their work, discussions about influential novels, and issues related to books and literature. It’s Lit! [Unabridged] delivers the conversations you want to have during your book club, but without having to actually sign up for one.

Credits:

Host, Writer + Producer - Princess Weekes

Executive Producer - Amanda Fox

Coordinating Producers - Stephanie Noone, Thomas Fernandes

Sound Edit + Mix - Crutch Phrase Studio

Fact Checker - Yvonne McGreevy

Music provided by APM

For PBS:

Executive in Charge: Maribel Lopez

Director of Programming: Gabrielle Ewing

The It’s Lit Podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

It’s Lit! [Unabridged] is produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.

© 2022 PBS. All rights reserved.

PBS (2021)

Welcome to It’s Lit! [Unabridged], the sister podcast to the popular YouTube series It’s Lit!. Hosted by Princess Weekes, this 10-episode podcast spinoff will feature lively conversations with noted authors about their work, discussions about influential novels, and issues related to books and literature. It’s Lit! [Unabridged] delivers the conversations you want to have during your book club, but without having to actually sign up for one.

Credits:

Host, Writer + Producer - Princess Weekes

Executive Producer - Amanda Fox

Coordinating Producers - Stephanie Noone, Thomas Fernandes

Sound Edit + Mix - Crutch Phrase Studio

Fact Checker - Yvonne McGreevy

Music provided by APM

For PBS:

Executive in Charge: Maribel Lopez

Director of Programming: Gabrielle Ewing

The It’s Lit Podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

It’s Lit! [Unabridged] is produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.

© 2022 PBS. All rights reserved.

PBS (2021)
6hr 56min
Thumbnail for "Book to Film Adaptations with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind".
Izzy and Princess talk about film adaptations of books - when it works, when it doesn't - and why.
Thumbnail for "The Vital Importance of Book Clubs with Glory Edim".
Glory Edim and Princess talk about memoir writing, literature that speaks to black women, and the importance of cook clubs.
Thumbnail for "Celebrating Black Authors with Sarah Raughley".
Author Sarah Raughley joins Princess in a celebratory discussion about the importance of Black authorship.
Thumbnail for "World-building in Sci-fi and Fantasy with Dr. Moiya McTier".
Dr. Moiya McTier joins the podcast to chat about world-building in sci-fi and fantasy.
Thumbnail for "Queer Romance in Modern Fiction with Freya Marske".
Queer romance, fan fiction, and analyzing the mainstream with Australian novelist and podcaster Freya Marske.
Thumbnail for "The Importance of Diverse Young Adult Fiction with Mark Oshiro".
Author Mark Oshiro joins the podcast to talk about the impact of diversity in young adult literature.
Thumbnail for "Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga with V.E. Schwab".
Writer V.E. Schwab joins the podcast to talk with Princess about the impact of graphic novels and other illustrated text.
Thumbnail for "Fantasy, Science Fiction and Journeying into the Past with Alix E. Harrow".
Writer Alix E. Harrow joins Princess in a discussion of how science fiction and fantasy writing is changing as cultures grow more visibly diverse.
Thumbnail for "Do the Classics Fail Us? With Ibi Ziboi".
Author Ibi Zoboi talks about the relatability of the "Western Canon" to younger, more diverse readers.
Thumbnail for "Hope and Rage in Black Literature with Mikki Kendall".
Author and Activist Mikki Kendall joins us in a discussion about the complex history of Black voices in literature.
Thumbnail for "Welcome to It's Lit! [Unabridged]".
The Lit Class you wish you’d taken.

Book to Film Adaptations with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind

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March 1, 202255min 23sec

Since performance was a thing, crafting adaptations of beloved and epic stories has been a part of storytelling. The highest grossing film of all time, Gone with the Wind is an adaptation and the amount of Jane Austen adaptations could fill a whole textbook (and probably has). Today we are gonna talk about book adaptations. What makes a good one, a bad one, and what impact the big screen has had on the novel itself. Especially when only certain kinds of books get adapted.

Unabridged is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Democracy demands wisdom.

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Book to Film Adaptations with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind
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