Burkholder, J. Lawrence. Recollections of a Sectarian Realist: A Mennonite Life in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Myrna Burkholder. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 2016. I did a paper on Burkholder, who was a rebel Mennonite theologian at Harvard (he got his Ph.D. at Princeton) before becoming president of the Mennonite-owned Goshen College, when IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Books Acquired Recently: Desk Copy Edition
Publishers have sent me desk copies for my fall classes over the past few months. The Knisley and Tea are for my first-year composition course, the Ballard and McGuire are for my Introduction to Literature course, and the Everett and Vidal are for my American Literature Since 1945 course. Ballard, J.G. Crash. 1973. New York:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Desk Copy Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Ferris, Emil. My Favorite Thing is Monsters. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2016. I heard about this book, Kang’s book, and Waite’s book when I was at Northeast MLA last month. They all sounded intriguing, so I decided to order them. Ferris’s book is a graphic novel that takes place in late-1960s Chicago and also includes queerContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Friends Edition
Plett, Casey. Little Fish. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018. I received a review copy of this novel by fellow queer Mennonite Casey Plett from the Pacific Journal, which has asked me to write a review for its Fall 2018 issue. Plett and I are friends and I had the privilege of reading several drafts ofContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Friends Edition”
Daniel Shank Cruz 