How does it feel to read Harry Potter after 2020?
The words on the page don’t change. But times change. We, the readers, change. And that changes the story…
Text of a talk delivered at the Chestnut Hill College Harry Potter Academic Conference on October 17, 2025. For today, I wasn’t sure if it was the right move to do a basic-level textual read.
Thank you to Deannah Robinson for transcribing Snape Chat Podcast’s interview with Lorrie Kim. Inquiries about transcription and subtitling work can be sent to: deannahm03@gmail.com. Snape Chat Podcast Episode 50, September 6, 2025 Snape: I can
Lorrie Kim joins Snape Chat Podcast for a wide-ranging interview about everything from TERFpocalypse and Death of the Author to whether Snape died as a good man.
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