Why English Departments Need an Apocalypse

Sena Crow
Sena Crow
Nov 5 · 7 min read

A s an English major, one of the first things that comes to mind when talking about Indigenous studies is changing, or eradicating, literary canon. This a conversation that has been happening for a long time, and many other scholars have articulated the issues surrounding canon better than I could. But as an Indigenous student, it was immediately clear that the canon was severely lacking with the first English class…

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