A number of great books are marking some major anniversaries and centennaries, including The Diary of Anne Frank, Invisible Cities, and Ulysses. We look back at these books and their impact - and then on Footnotes, we dive into a study that found that there are 4 times more male characters in books than female, and how that impacts us as readers.

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Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  Literature/Philosophy

Tags:  anniversaries,  books,