Elgin, Suzette Haden. Native Tongue. 1984. New York: Feminist Press, 2019. I recently read about this feminist novel in Amanda Montell’s book Wordslut and it sounded fascinating, so I decided to order it. I read it as soon as it arrived and enjoyed it. Hernández, Robb. Archiving an Epidemic: Art, AIDS, and the Queer ChicanxContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently
This is the rare Books Acquired Recently post where none of the books are queer or Mennonite 😮 Laymon, Kiese. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays. Rev. ed. New York: Scribner, 2020. I love Laymon’s memoir Heavy, and thus have been meaning to get to this collection of essays, which wasContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Just in Case Edition
I recently panic-ordered a bunch of books (several that have recently come out, several that have been on my list for a while) that might get censored if the Orange One stays in power, which thankfully looks like won’t happen! But it’s still necessary to read narratives by marginalized voices as an act of resistanceContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Just in Case Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Queer Writers with Last Names Beginning with “S” Edition
Sajé, Natasha. Terroir: Love, Out of Place. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2020. Sajé was a colleague of mine when I did my post-doctoral fellowship at Westminster College. She was an important queer role model for me early in my career. I was very excited earlier this year when I heard that her memoir wouldContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Queer Writers with Last Names Beginning with “S” Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Halberstam, Jack. Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. Halberstam is one of the most important queer theorists working today, so I bought his new book automatically. However, the subject matter also looks really fascinating. Rickert, Bryan, ed. Bundled Wildflowers: Haiku Society of America 2020 Members’ Anthology. N.p.: Haiku SocietyContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Mostly Seanan McGuire Edition
Glück, Louise. American Originality: Essays on Poetry. 2017. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018. I was very excited to have a poet win the Nobel Prize for Literature this year. I am not very familiar with Glück’s work, so I decided to buy a book of hers. While researching her work to decide whatContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mostly Seanan McGuire Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Dávila, Arlene. Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. I have enjoyed some of Dávila’s previous work in Latinx Studies, and know very little about Latinx art, so decided to buy this book to educate myself further. Muñoz, José Esteban. The Sense of Brown. Edited by Joshua Chambers-Letson and TaviaContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Friesen, Patrick. Outlasting the Weather: Selected and New Poems 1994-2020. Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2020. As I just wrote here, Patrick Friesen is one of the most important Mennonite writers ever. It is therefore very exciting that his second volume of Selected Poems is now out. Lisicky, Paul. Later: My Life at the Edge of theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Garcia, Benjamin. Thrown in the Throat. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2020. I am acquainted with Garcia, and pre-ordered a copy of this, his first poetry collection, a few months ago. It came in the mail this week. I started reading it immediately and it is excellent so far. It is unabashedly queer and Latinx, with aContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Sabbatical Productivity: June
I am on sabbatical until August 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: June”
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