The Boston Globe

In ‘Red,’ Boston-area author Annie Cardi reinterprets Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ for Gen Z readers

In her new young-adult fiction novel “Red,” out Jan. 30, Boston-area author Annie Cardi contends with reproductive rights and spirituality. The story is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic ...

The Classic Book That Warned Us About Power Long Before Politics Did

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 'The Scarlet Letter' exposes how morality becomes control and virtue turns into tyranny. Through Hester ...
Uproxx

Rep. Nancy Mace’s Bizarre Attempt To Reference A Classic Novel Left People Scratching Their Heads

On Tuesday, South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace was seen skulking about Capitol Hill wearing a shirt emblazoned with a red “A.” Why? Was it a dig at Senate’s failed dress code change? Alas, the ...
Mediaite

House Republican Wears ‘Scarlet Letter’ After ‘Being Demonized For My Vote’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) donned a shirt emblazoned with the letter “A” in a bizarre nod to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, in which a woman is forced to wear an “A” after she is found to have ...
Jezebel

13 Things Nancy Mace’s ‘Scarlet Letter’ Could Stand For

For the uninitiated, Mace thinks very highly of herself and loves to appear on the Sunday shows to tout herself as a voice of reason in the Republican party—for example, she claims to be a “moderate” ...