Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., and Valerie A. Smith, eds. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. 3rd ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 2014. I recieved an exam copy of these books from my local W.W. Norton representative. It took quite a while for Norton to update the first edition, so I am glad thatContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently: NeMLA Edition
I have been at the Northeast Modern Language Association annual conference for the past few days. Normally this kind of convention offers excellent opportunities for book-buying. However, the conference has been a disappointment in this respect, as the selection at the bookfair was rather paltry. I only bought one book there. Hosseini, Khaled. The KiteContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: NeMLA Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Call, Lewis. BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy. New York: Palgrave, 2013. I was so excited when I found out about this book because it examines two of my research interests. There is a chapter on one of my favorite authors/research subjects, Samuel R. Delany, and another one on Wonder Woman, my favorite superContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: More Birthday Goodies
I recently received these two books as birthday gifts from my sister and brother-in-law. I’ve been wanting to read both since I read reviews of them in recent months. Block, David. Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2005. I have been interested inContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: More Birthday Goodies”
Books Acquired Recently
I just received two books from a friend as gifts for my upcoming birthday. Both look intriguing and enjoyable, and I hope to read them over my forthcoming Spring Break. Corin, Lucy. One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses. San Francisco: McSweeney’s, 2013. I recently heard about this book via a “Best Feminist Books of 2013”Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Book Acquired Recently: Wieland, Norton Critical Edition
Brown, Charles Brockden. Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. Ed. Bryan Waterman. New York: Norton, 2011. I just received this exam copy in the mail. I am going to teach Wieland in my American Literature to 1865 course in the fall, and am trying to decide between assigning the Penguin Classics edition or thisContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Wieland, Norton Critical Edition”
Book Acquired Recently: David Luthy’s A History of the Printings of the Martyrs’ Mirror
Luthy, David. A History of the Printings of the Martyrs’ Mirror: Dutch, German, English 1660-2012. Aylmer: Pathway, 2013. I acquired this book directly from Pathway Publishers as part of my research for a project on Stephen Beachy’s novel boneyard, which draws heavily on Thieleman J. van Braght’s Martyrs Mirror (note that this book’s title doesContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: David Luthy’s A History of the Printings of the Martyrs’ Mirror”
Books Acquired Recently: W.W. Norton Edition
I recently received a visit from my local W.W. Norton representative, and just received a number of exam copies that I requested during our meeting. Appiah, Kwame Anthony. Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers. 2006. New York: Norton, 2007. I have wanted to read this book since I saw Appiah speak in 2012. TheContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: W.W. Norton Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Cole, Teju. Open City. 2011. New York: Random, 2012. I recently taught the first chapter of this novel in one of my writing classes as an example of psychogeography. A colleague had passed it on to me, and I was completely enthralled, so I decided to buy the book, and I look forward to readingContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Arthur, Anthony. The Tailor-King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster. New York: St. Martin’s, 1999. Queer Mennonite literature has been the primary focus of my scholarship over the last year and a half. I keep discovering more and more of it, and as I do, I realize that it is aContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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