It's Lit!

(06/04/2018–04/28/2022)

It's Lit! is a series of smart, funny video essays about our favorite books and why we love to read. Hosted by Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes, the series delves into topics like the evolution of YA, how science fiction mirrors our own anxieties, and why the book is sometimes just a _bit_ better than the movie.

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Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

When the Book is Better than the Movie

June 04, 2018 at 04:00 PM

S01E02

The Evolution of YA: Young Adult Fiction, Explained

June 25, 2018 at 04:00 PM

S01E03

The Evolution of Science Fiction

July 16, 2018 at 04:00 PM

S01E04

An Ode to the Romance Novel

July 30, 2018 at 04:00 PM

S01E05

How Fantasy Reflects our World

August 13, 2018 at 04:00 PM

S01E06

Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School?

September 04, 2018 at 04:00 PM

S01E07

Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?

November 21, 2018 at 05:00 PM

S01E08

Fear of GhostWriting

December 07, 2018 at 05:00 PM

S01E09

Who Can You Trust? Unreliable Narrators

December 17, 2018 at 05:00 PM

S01E10

Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature

January 11, 2019 at 05:00 PM

S01E11

Death, Personified

January 24, 2019 at 05:00 PM

S01E12

How Greek Mythology Inspires Us

February 07, 2019 at 05:00 PM

S01E13

The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables!

April 18, 2019 at 04:00 PM

Season 2

S02E01

The Case for Fan Fiction

February 27, 2020 at 05:00 PM

S02E02

Afrofuturism: From Books to Blockbusters

March 19, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E03

How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing

April 29, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E04

Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later

May 27, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E05

The Byronic Hero: Isn't it Byronic?

June 24, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E06

The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien

July 16, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E07

War and Peace and Everything Else

August 07, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E08

The It's Lit! Musical Episode

August 27, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E09

The Fiery History of Banned Books

September 21, 2020 at 04:00 PM

S02E10

The (Stephen) King of Horror

November 05, 2020 at 05:00 PM

S02E11

Are Graphic Novels... Novels?

November 25, 2020 at 05:00 PM

S02E12

Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever?

December 17, 2020 at 05:00 PM

S02E13

Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters

January 06, 2021 at 05:00 PM

S02E14

Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance

February 26, 2021 at 05:00 PM

S02E15

How Do You Write a Bestseller?

March 18, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E16

Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway

March 31, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E17

What's in a (Pen) Name?

April 21, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E18

How Manga Took Over American Bookshelves

May 12, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E19

Jane Eyre: Why We Keep Reading It

June 17, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E20

Octavia Butler, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction

June 29, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E21

The Unappreciated Female Writers Who Invented the Novel

July 14, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E22

Don't Know Much About BEOWULF? Nobody Does!

August 06, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E23

To Kill, To Kill a Mockingbird?

August 25, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E24

Why Do People Think Huck Finn Is Racist?

September 23, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E25

What You Don't Know About The Father of Sci-Fi

October 26, 2021 at 04:00 PM

S02E26

Why We Keep Retelling the Classics

November 17, 2021 at 05:00 PM

Season 3

S03E01

The Women of Jane Austen

January 06, 2022 at 05:00 PM

S03E02

Inside the Absurdist Mind of Kurt Vonnegut

January 27, 2022 at 05:00 PM

S03E03

Why Edgar Allan Poe Isn't Just a Sad Boy

March 10, 2022 at 05:00 PM

S03E04

Why Magical Realism is a Global Phenomenon

March 31, 2022 at 04:00 PM

S03E05

Toni Morrison's Opus About Confronting a Terrible Past

April 28, 2022 at 04:00 PM