Gass, William. Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife. 1968. Normal: Dalkey, 1989.
I recently read about this novel, which includes a number of photographs, figures, and elements of typographical play. I am quite fond of these postmodern elements because I appreciate it when a book is fascinating as a physical object (as an artwork, even) as well as intellectually.
hooks, bell. Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge, 2013.
I love bell hooks and purchased this book for a discount at the Modern Language Association conference last month. I must say that I am not impressed with Routledge’s shipping department, as the book took over a month to arrive from the time I ordered it.
Kauffman, Janet. Obscene Gestures for Women. 1989. New York: Vintage, 1990.
I read this short story collection in college about a dozen years ago, but don’t really remember it. However, several of Kauffman’s other books (Collaborators, The Body in Four Parts, and Characters on the Loose) are texts that I have enjoyed repeatedly, and since I am writing about her in an essay on Mennonite literature which I am working on, I thought I would give this book another go.
The Gass and Kauffman books were bought on amazon.com.
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