Hurt and Words: On Language and Pain in Public
Feminist Review, Khairani Barokka
“Julietta Singh’s remarkable collection of essays—or, as I read them, prose poems—No Archive Will Restore You (2018), is one of the clearest, most honest articulations of various pains I’ve ever read. I am so deeply grateful for it, as a fellow brown person working in and with archives, as a fellow pained woman for many years, as a woman who has had romances archived/imprisoned online as the one she describes in the book is.”
An Experimental Biography: John Schad’s “Paris Bride: A Modernist Life”
Los Angeles Review of Books, Gerri Kimber
“There is no ending to the story as such, no resolution, but the journey to the very last page is nothing short of electrifying.”
Jonathan Alexander Launches New Series at LARB: Writing Sex
Los Angeles Review of Books, Jonathan Alexander
“WRITING SEX is a series of short interviews with contemporary writers who are breaking new ground in writing about sex and sexuality. Sometimes ribald but always smart, these writers push the limits of our ability to imagine what sex is, what it means, and what it could be.”
Check out the first interview with Dennis Cooper and read Jonathan Alexander’s Punctum Book, Creep: A Life, a Theory, An Apology
Investing in A Brighter Future
Research Information, Heather Staines
Heather Staines showcases the scholarly publishing and communication initiatives, including Punctum and COPIM, utilizing the Knowledge Futures Group’s open source platform, PubPub.
‘We found in PubPub a mission-aligned initiative, providing a transparent and open source space for us to talk about what we are doing,' notes Dan Rudmann, director for community relations at Punctum Books.
Lester Spence on the Pandemic and Movement for Racial Justice
Higher Education’s Big Rethink, Bryan Alexander
“Moments like this are opportunities for us to expand what we think is politically possible.”
Lester Spence, author of Knocking the Hustle, discusses the ways in which higher education has and should respond to our current moment.
Rena Mosteirin (Moonbit) Expands Her Literary Life
Dartmouth News, Hannah Silverstein
Congratulations to Moonbit co-author Rena Mosteirin on becoming the new owner and proprietor of Left Bank Books in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Trickbox of Memory: Essays on Power and Disorderly Pasts edited by Felicitas Macgilchrist & Rosalie Metro | Love Don't Need a Reason: The Life & Music of Michael Callen by Matthew Jones | by M. Munro |
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