Now that you've gotten your hot little hands on a copy of Nella Larsen's Passing (You did, didn't you? If you didn't, you are excused from class with my blessing), it is time for us to go on and on about it until someone turns the lights off and lets us know that they're closing in five minutes. Item the first:  "It was the last letter in Irene Redfield's little pile of morning mail" is perhaps…

Hello. So the last time we talked about a book I'm crazy about, half the fun was missing because none of you got fair warning. Most of the comments were "I really want to read this book now," not "Here is a nineteen-page essay I wrote about Obinze," which is what I really wanted from you. I will not make that mistake again. Currently Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen's Passing is available for the Kindle for a…