Doerksen, Paul G. Take and Read: Reflecting Theologically on Books. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016. Doerksen is a Mennonite theologian and I bought this book thinking it was him reflecting on pieces of literature. It turns out it’s him reflecting mostly on other works of theology, which is less exciting, but still somewhat thought-provoking.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently
Abramović, Marina. Walk Through Walls: A Memoir. New York: Crown Archetype, 2016. Abramović is my favorite artist, and I pre-ordered this book as soon as I heard about it via her Facebook page. I love how she inserts her body into her work, insisting that art is always in some way autobiographical. I am excitedContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Mostly Lois Braun Edition
Baker, Nicholson. Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids. New York: Blue Rider Press, 2016. Baker is one of my favorite authors, and when I saw a short review of his latest book in the New Yorker I went out and bought it right away at my local Barnes & Noble (only because thereContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mostly Lois Braun Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Keillor, Garrison. Liberty: A Novel of Lake Wobegon. New York: Viking, 2008. I enjoy Keillor’s fiction and almost bought this book when it first came out. There have been a number of times in the intervening years when I wished I had bought it, and then yesterday I was browsing in the public library inContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Lin-Greenberg, Karin. Faulty Predictions. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2014. Lin-Greenberg gave a reading of her short stories at Utica College this afternoon, and I enjoyed it enough that I decided to buy her collection. She seems like a good person and her stories do a great job picking out quirky moments in regular people’sContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Cvetkovich, Ann. An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. I have become very interested in the concept of the archive recently. As part of my reading about it I encountered a citation to Cvetkovich’s book and it sounded interesting, so I decided to buy it. It,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Bergen, David. Stranger. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. David Bergen has been one of my favorite writers since I first encountered his work in college, and I have all of his books. While I have not liked much of his recent work in comparison to how I feel about his early books, he is still someoneContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Book Acquired Recently: Keith Miller’s The Sins of Angels
Miller, Keith. The Sins of Angels. Hornsea, UK: PS Publishing, 2016. Keith Miller is one of the first, if not the first, Mennonite writers to write speculative fiction (since he began publishing a few others–Sofia Samatar, Corey Redekop, André Swartley–have also ventured into the speculative realm). His two previous novels, The Book of Flying andContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Keith Miller’s The Sins of Angels”
Books Acquired Recently: Desk Copy Edition
With the new semester set to start in little more than a week, I have acquired desk copies from publishers for some of my courses. In the case of Abeng and Nervous Conditions I have older editions that are now out of print (they were texts that I was assigned as a student and amContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Desk Copy Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: More Mennonites Edition
I’ve spent the entire summer reading, thinking, and writing about Mennonite literature, which I have come to realize is now my primary field of study. As a part of this studying I’ve been reading a lot of Mennonite literary criticism, which has been tremendously enriching. The one problem with reading literary criticism, though, is thatContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: More Mennonites Edition”
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