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Category Archives: literary studies
Sa-lute: Another award for “Funk the Erotic”
in African American Studies, literary studies, music
Tagged gender studies, popular culture, sexuality studies, women's studies
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Awards season continues with one of our already-lauded books receiving another prize. L. H. Stallings‘s Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual Cultures has won the Alan Bray Memorial Book Award, awarded by the GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Language Association … Continue reading
Alfred Bester’s writing process
in literary studies, science fiction
Tagged Alfred Bester, Jad Smith, writing
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Excerpted from Jad Smith‘s book Alfred Bester, the latest volume in the Modern Masters of Science Fiction series. After Boucher accepted “Fondly Fahrenheit,” Bester revealed his particular investment in the story, saying: “My heart really was in that experiment”; and later … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Four censorship battles
in communication, education, literary studies
Tagged censorship, critical theory, cultural studies, teaching
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One might be forgiven for thinking that, given current political trends, a new public affection for censorship is in the offing. After all, history shows that the Americans who loudly proclaim their dedication to liberty seem to most enjoy that … Continue reading
Release Party: Alfred Bester, by Jad Smith
in biography, literary studies, science fiction
Tagged Alfred Bester, Jad Smith, modern masters of Science Fiction
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Alfred Bester’s classic short stories and the canonical novel The Stars My Destination made him a science fiction legend. Fans and scholars praise him as a genre-bending pioneer and cyberpunk forefather. Writers like Neil Gaiman and William Gibson celebrate his … Continue reading
Release Party: Reading Together, Reading Apart, by Tamara Bhalla
in asian american studies, literary studies
Tagged Asian American, Reading, Reading Together Reading Apart, Tamara Bhalla
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Though we often think of reading as a solitary activity, histories of reading demonstrate that it is in fact a deeply communal practice—structured and encouraged interpersonally by family and friends and fostered institutionally through formal education. In the twenty-first century, … Continue reading
Boo Man Group
in film, folklore, literary studies
Tagged Bram Stoker, Gregory A. Waller, Halloween, horror, Joseph Valente, movies, vampires, zombies
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In honor of Halloween, we have slunk into the UIP vault of horror to dig up books both Profound and Mysterious to get you in the mood for our most popular pagan holiday. Will any of these titles help you … Continue reading
Release Party: Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century
in African American Studies, literary studies, women's history
Tagged African American literature, African American Women, excerpts, Nazera Sadiq Wright, women writers
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From the new UIP release Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century, by Nazera Sadiq Wright. African American educator and activist Fannie Barrier Williams highlighted what could happen when black girls in literature served merely to illustrate the problems associated with race … Continue reading
Sarah Whitney on Jodi Picoult
in literary studies
Tagged Jodi Picoult, literature, Sarah Whitney, women's studies
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In the new UIP release Splattered Ink, Sarah Whitney explores postfeminist gothic, that blockbuster-laden, Oprah-sanctified genre literary that jars readers, rejects happy endings (and beginnings), and finds powerful new ways to talk about violence against women. The genre in particular challenges postfeminist … Continue reading
Release Party: Splattered Ink
in literary studies
Tagged contemporary fiction, Sarah E. Whitney, Splattered Ink, women's studies
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One of this month’s new UIP releases, Splattered Ink is a bold analysis of postfeminist gothic, a literary genre that continues to jar readers, reject happy endings, and find powerful new ways to talk about violence against women. Sarah E. Whitney … Continue reading
Modern Masters of Science Fiction series recognized by Locus
in authors, awards, biography, literary studies, science fiction
Tagged Frederick Pohl, Locus, Lois McMaster Bujold, Ray Bradbury
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners of the 2016 Locus Awards on Saturday, June 25, 2016 in Seattle WA. Some fantastic books were honored including Letters to Tiptree, edited by Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce (Twelfth Planet), which took … Continue reading