Robert Boswell: Dreaming in the Future Tense: A Memoir of Teaching Immigrant Stories while Reading The Lord of the Rings (July 2017)

Robert Boswell’s 15-part lecture braids a moving personal narrative with an investigation of the surprising and illuminating comparisons between fantasy literature and immigrant stories. Among the many authors discussed: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, NoViolet Bulowayo, Willa Cather, Junot Diaz, Bernard Malamud, and J.R.R. Tolkien.