Browne, Kath, Jason Lim, and Gavin Brown, eds. Geographies of Sexualities: Theory, Practices and Politics. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2007. I am thinking about a project on queer space in fiction and am thus looking for theory on queer geography. This collection looks like it will be a good start. I purchased it from ThriftbooksContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: All Queer Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Jones, Feminista. Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets. Boston: Beacon Press, 2019. I received an email about this book from the publisher and ordered an exam copy because it looks like it might be appropriate for several of my courses. Snow, Cassandra. Queering the Tarot.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Metonymy Press Edition
Nixon, Lindsay. nîtisânak. Montreal: Metonymy Press, 2018. I recently read a review of this hybrid memoir and it sounded fascinating so I decided to buy it. I ordered it directly from Metonymy Press, and while I was on their website I discovered several other intriguing items (well, more than several–they are an explicitly queer press, afterContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Metonymy Press Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Delany, Samuel R. Voyage, Orestes! [A Surviving Novel Fragment]. Whitmore Lake, MI: Bamberger Books, 2019. This fragment of Delany’s legendary long-lost novel just came out. As I’ve written here a number of times before, I am obsessed with his work, so I purchased it immediately from amazon.com. Gatchalian, C.E. Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Camp Deerpark. Forever God is Faithful: The Story of Camp Deerpark. Westbrookville, NY: Camp Deerpark/Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2019. Camp Deerpark is a camp owned by the New York City Mennonite churches. I spent lots of time there as a kid because my parents have always been heavily involved with it (my mom was theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition
This morning I got back from the 2019 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Portland. It was a fantastic time! I saw some authors that I love and encountered some new writers whose work I cannot wait to check out. As usual when I go to conferences, the bookfair was a highlightContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Birthday Edition
I turned 39 on Thursday and got two books as gifts. Choi, Franny. Floating, Brilliant, Gone. Austin, TX: Write Bloody Publishing, 2014. I tore through this collection over the past two days. It is excellent! Feminist and queer. One neat feature is that some of the poems are illustrated; it’s neo-Blakean. Dunn, Mark. Ella MinnowContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Birthday Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
I’m currently working on a memoir project that is in large part about my Mennonite upbringing. I bought all three of these books as resources. Caws, Peter, and Stefani Jones, eds. Religious Upbringing and the Costs of Freedom: Personal and Philosophical Essays. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. MacKendrick, Karmen. Failing Desire. Albany: StateContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. 25th Anniversary Edition. New York: TarcherPerigree, 2016. A colleague is working through the exercises in this book and recommended it to me. I have been thinking more and more about writing as a kind of spiritual discipline over the past year and look forwardContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Brautigan, Richard. Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, So the Wind Won’t Blow It All Away: (Three Books in the Manner of Their First Editions). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. I received this omnibus edition of three of Brautigan’s books as a Valentine’s Day present. The only book by Brautigan that I’ve read is Trout FishingContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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