This past weekend was the eighth Mennonite/s Writing conference. This year it was held at the University of Winnipeg. As usual, I came back from the conference with a number of new books! Bergen, David, ed. 9 Mennonite Stories. Winnipeg: Mennonite Literary Society, 2017. This book, which I got free in lieu of another author’s copyContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite/s Writing Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Amin, Kadji. Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty, and Queer History. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017. I got a promotional email about this newly-released book from the publisher and ordered a copy right away. It’s an investigation of queer theory through examining the reception of Jean Genet’s work. I have keen interests in both ofContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Kraus, Chris. After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography. South Pasadena, CA: Semiotext(e), 2017. Acker is one of my favorite postmodern novelists and I was thus very excited to hear about this new authorized biography of her. It immediately jumped up to the top of my to-read list. I bought it and Watson’s novel from amazon.com’sContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Beachy, Stephen. Glory Hole. Tuscaloosa, AL: FC2, 2017. Beachy’s novel boneyard [sic] is one of the best novels I’ve ever read because of its description of queer Anabaptist bondage. After I read it I devoured Beachy’s other books, and have become a huge fan of his writing. Glory Hole is mentioned in boneyard, in whichContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Andreas, Peter. Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. I will be writing a review of this book for Mennonite Life, and received it from them. It is about a man raised by a Mennonite mother who was a political radical in the 1970s, an era that I amContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Del Rio, Vanessa, and Dian Hanson. Vanessa Del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior. Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2016. I have come across a number of references to Vanessa Del Rio’s acting over the years. If I recall correctly, I first saw some of her work in an exhibit at the Museum of Sex inContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
I am trying to read as much queer literature and theory as I can this summer. The three following books fall under this rubric. Butler, Alec. Rough Paradise. Toronto: Quattro Books, 2014. Child, Abigail. Mouth to Mouth. Brooklyn: Eoagh Books, 2016. Rodríguez, Juana María. Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings. New York: New YorkContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Radical Women Edition
The most important intellectual experience of my life was when I first encountered feminist theory in a Feminist Theology course my second year of college. Feminism gave me a completely new way of viewing the world that has led me to become a much better person than I would have been otherwise. It has alsoContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Radical Women Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Mast, Carrie A., and Gerald J. Mast, ed. Human Sexuality in Biblical Perspective: A Study Guide. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing House, 2016. I bought this book because I am slowly working on a book about queer Mennonite literature, and while the book has a literary focus rather than a theological one, it is also importantContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Friesen, Bernice. The Seasons Are Horses. Saskatoon, SK: Thistledown Press, 1995. Friesen is one of Rhubarb‘s editors and I thought it would be helpful to check her own work out. I decided to buy her first book, a collection of interrelated short stories. Keefe-Perry, L. Callid. Way to Water: A Theopoetics Primer. Eugene, OR: CascadeContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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