Adichie – “Tomorrow is Too Far” – Episode 3+ Bonus

19 November 2021 Episode 3+ BONUS – Adichie’s “Tomorrow Is Too Far”   How does one read a story which creates its own rules? What else should we ever do? A sociological look at Adichie’s intersectionality, including a discussion of difference, second person narrative, linguistic compounding and kennings, feminism, and sociological theory for African writers and readers of African literature. Finally, we connect Adichie’s short story to works discussed earlier in the season. One passage considered: — At Nonso’s funeral in a cold cemetery in Virginia with tombstones jutting out obscenely, your mother was in faded black from head to toe, even a veil, and it made her cinnamon skin glow, like placing a very ripe corn against a blackboard. Your father stood away from the both of you, in his usual dashiki, milk-coloured cowries coiled round his neck. He looked as if he was not family, as if he was one of the guests who sniffled loudly and later asked your mother in hushed tones exactly how Nonso had died, exactly how he had fallen from one of the trees he had climbed since he was a toddler. —   https://waywordsstudio.com   Complete Resources: https://waywordsstudio.com/project/adichie-tomorrow-is-too-far/    ===   CHAPTERS 00:00:00     Intro 00:01:05     Adichie & Difference 00:05:26     No Clean Lines; Filling the Gaps 00:08:03     Snakes & Epistemic Shifts 00:12:33     **Linguistics: Compounding & Kennings 00:25:14     Deconstructing “You” 00:30:37     Bigger Than the Story 00:31:24     Feminism’s Epistemologies 00:44:57     Bakhtin: Intersections and Bad Binaries 00:47:36     A Closer Reading: Layers in the Details 00:51:51     Sociological Theory: Ill-Fitting Frames 01:04:35     Reflection: Juxtaposing Authors 01:07:28     Closing: One More Moment 01:09:13     Outro **Added segment for the Bonus episode    ===   The Waywords Podcast is the primary program of Waywords Studio (https://waywordsstudio.com). The podcast posts new material each week, with deep-dive examinations of literature around some common questions or themes and 1-3 smaller supplemental episodes in between the larger programs.    Visit us for expanded resources for guests and the Waywords community, for other programs and writing, and for opportunities to support our goal to expand reading. Resources available can include full bibliographies of material referenced, full and partial texts, annotated editions, supplemental and expanded episodes, fictional explorations, teaching and learning resources, additional essays, and online courses.    Website:  https://waywordsstudio.com  Twitter: @WaywordsStudio Instagram: @WaywordsStudio   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Waywords-Studio-107310977755912    CREDITS: Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/) Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski   USING THIS WORK: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is open to be used and adapted for all not-for-profit uses with proper attribution.    MLA CITATION: Chisnell, Steve. “Adichie: ‘Tomorrow is Too Far.’” Waywords Studio, 19 Nov. 2021, https://waywordsstudio.com/project/adichie-tomorrow-is-too-far/.