Buller, Rachel Epp, and Kerry Fast, eds. Mothering Mennonite. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press, 2013. I heard about this book when it came out, but only recently learned that it contains a number of essays by Mennonite literary figures. I bought it for this reason. McKay, Claude. Romance in Marseille. New York: Penguin Books, 2020. IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Sabbatical Productivity: February
I am on sabbatical this semester and have been keeping a list in my journal of the academic activities I engage in. This practice is partly for myself, so that I make sure I am using the time productively, and partly for my institution, which requires me to write a report about the sabbatical onceContinue reading “Sabbatical Productivity: February”
Books Acquired Recently
Ahmed, Sara. Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006. Anzaldúa, Gloria E. Light in the Dark/Luz En Lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality. Ed. AnaLouise Keating. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015. One of the goals of my sabbatical is to continue to fill in the gaps in my queer reading.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Sabbatical Productivity: January
I am on sabbatical this semester and have been keeping a list in my journal of the academic activities I engage in. This practice is partly for myself so that I make sure I am using the time productively and partly for my institution, which requires me to write a report about the sabbatical onceContinue reading “Sabbatical Productivity: January”
Books Acquired Recently
Acevedo, Elizabeth. The Poet X. New York: HarperTeen, 2018. I heard about this book at a panel at the recent MLA convention and it sounded interesting enough that I decided to buy it. I will be teaching a Latinx Literature course in the fall for the first time, so I am trying to read asContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Gifts Edition
Another holiday season has come and gone, and once again I received a decent number of books as gifts. I also received some cash that I am going to spend at the MLA book fair in Seattle next week. With one exception, the books are either queer or Mennonite, my two main reading areas, andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Gifts Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: All Mennonite Edition
Dueck, Nathan. A Very Special Episode. Hamilton, ON: Buckrider Books, 2019. Dueck is a Mennonite poet whom I know and his third collection of poetry just came out. I bought it right away and look forward to reading it. Stoltzfus, Donna J. Captive. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2018. Stolzfus’s family and mine have been friendsContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: All Mennonite Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Enns, Victor. Love & Surgery. Regina, SK: Radiant Press, 2019. Enns has played an important role in the Mennonite literary scene because he was the founder and sometimes editor of Rhubarb, the journal of the Mennonite Literary Society. I have not read his earlier work, which dates back to Turnstone Press’s chapbook days of theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Mostly 2019 Edition
Hemmings, Clare. Bisexual Spaces: A Geography of Sexuality and Gender. New York: Routledge, 2002. I recently came across a citation of this book and decided to buy it despite its age because I am bisexual and because my research is concerned with space. With the exception of Moore’s book, which I bought directly from theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mostly 2019 Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Cruz, Nicky, with Jamie Buckingham. Run Baby Run. 1968. Newberry, FL: Bridge-Logos, 2016. Wilkerson, David, with John Sherrill and Elizabeth Sherrill. The Cross and the Switchblade. 1962. New York: Jove Books, 1977. Mennonites like to play what is known as the “Mennonite Game” whenever we meet a Mennonite whom we haven’t met before. We tryContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
