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Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”?
A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America.
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Was Gatsby Actually Black? As Novel Turns 100, One East Bay English Class Makes the Case
The discourse over Gatsby’s race has been ongoing for years. Janet Savage, a California writer and attorney, released her 2017 book Jay Gatsby: A Black Man in Whiteface. A 2023 essay in The Atlantic ...
As It Turns 100, ‘The Great Gatsby’ Takes Several Turns in the Spotlight
The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
The Great Gatsby — 100 years old ... By 1920, only 1 million of the city's 6 million residents were white, native-born Protestants. There was also a massive internal migration going on back then: ...
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You've missed the point of The Great Gatsby
Gatsby style – white suits, gold ties ... Others have asked why, in a novel set in and around New York during the era of the great migration, there are so few black characters. It is up to the reader ...
Diddy's star-studded parties were cultural extravaganzas: Inside the White Party
Diddy's White Parties were defined by excess. As he heads to trial, the parties are now being examined through a new lens.
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
The Great Gatsby — 100 ... city's 6 million residents were white, native-born Protestants. There was also a massive internal migration going on back then: Black Americans were relocating from ...