Chair: andre carrington, University of California, Riverside Tulum B [Has A/V] Phil Wegner, University of Florida Hobbled and Handicapped Before the Race Even Began: Allegory and Hope in Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys Susan Hegeman, University of Florida Gatekeeping and the Fascist End of the Public Sphere in Hari Kunzru’s Red Pill Patricia Ventura, Spelman College The American Anti-Fascism