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So proud to say my first essay, "Principle I: The Arbitrary Nature of the Sign," has been published with Southeast Review! The fact that this piece about my navigating gender and language as a child was accepted by the literary magazine of a Florida university feels in many ways immense. You can give it a read at the link below: #lgbtqwriters #transwriters #literature #lgbtqnonfiction #literarynonfiction

On how intertextuality – the relationship between literary texts – and literary referentiality in general serve as structural elements that makes the readers draw parallels between the references found in the text and the narrator’s life events.

Cultural criticism can enhance traditional literary analysis by providing insights into how cultural contexts shape literary texts. For example, analyzing Shakespeare's "Othello" through a cultural criticism lens can reveal how race, gender, and power dynamics influence the characters' interactions and societal perceptions. #Integration of Cultural and Literary Criticism

Check out my #review of author Sean Murphy's #ThisKindofMan! #bookblog #authorblog #bookreview #shortstories #literaryfiction

It's Short Stories Monday! I'll be writing reviews of short stories every Monday. And to start us off, I present to you...drum rolls! "Ayiti!" by Roxane Gay. “For many years, we didn't realize our parents had accents, that their voices sounded different to unkind American ears. All we heard was home. Then the world intruded. It always does.” You can find the full review on my substack: https://lnkd.in/dprB4mic Please like, share, comment, and subscribe.

A new queer world: how poetry remade gay life [long read] OUPblog 2024-09-27 https://buff.ly/4dm51LZ A new queer world: how poetry remade gay life [long read] In San Francisco and Boston after the Second World War, gay and lesbian poets came together to build a new queer literature and a new queer world. They came together both as activists and as poets. When activism failed, or visibility was denied, poetry provided a through line with a deeper and longer sense of queer history, real or imagined, from Whitman to Wilde, Sappho to Gertrude Stein. OUPblog - Academic insights for the thinking world.

Seduction French-style—why read Colette? OUPblog 2024-08-03 https://buff.ly/4cedgZQ Seduction French-style—why read Colette? If I met you at a party and we started chatting and telling each other about our favourite authors, and I mentioned Colette, you might look blank. OUPblog - Academic insights for the thinking world.

ARE BLACK AUTHORS BEING STEREOTYPED? Yesterday I decided to watch 'American Fiction' while waiting for Zesco to visit us as it has been its wont lately. I wanted to watch it because Jeffrey Wright always gives a superb performance with his characters. I felt his frustration when he said, being a judge to evaluate books that were written to appease the senses and guilt of the white publishers diminished the essence of black writers because they sought a particular narrative. Sinatra Golden played by Issa Rae referred to Monk's book written under a pseudonym as pandering to the white community. I have observed over the years that black writers are largely subjected to genres that are meant to speak to their lack, and build narratives that ought to express their blackness rather than their intellect. There's a push to create the underprivilege storyline to elicit empathy from the community of readers, who sadly the majority aren't from that caste. I look at authors like Stephen King, Dan Brown, Wilbur Smith, who earned their accolades as writers, not because they were pushed into literary competitions, but because their literary work added value to literature. Yet, to be acknowledged as a worthy African author, one ought to have own literary competitions based on others opinions, and their solicitations (now through social media) to give them their vote. It may take a lifetime to achieve, but Africans have an obligation to change the narrative for their literary survival. Poverty and humble beginnings can never be a sustaining strategy in an evolving world where oppression from colonial years can remain a running theme for millennia. Something has to give. #SydneyKasanda for Libros Editing and Publishing

Authenticity fuels creativity! When I started writing Bitch Hunt, I knew the title alone would stir emotions. That’s exactly why I chose it. The title was meant to be thought-provoking and even alarming. For those who got it, they got it; and for those who didn’t, they didn’t. Bitch Hunt is an interchange on the term witch hunt, but it’s about Black women; hence the name. I stood firm because the title isn’t just words; it’s a reflection of the unapologetic truth Black women face every day. Not as the term “bitch,” but as the constant hunt and targeted scrutiny against Black women in society. Authenticity in storytelling is powerful, but it’s not easy. Sharing your truth means being vulnerable. It means risking criticism. But it also means connecting deeply with people who need your story the most. What does authenticity mean to you in your work? #taetreceharrison #bitchhuntbook #nonfiction #blackauthors #taetreceharrisonauthor #neworleans #nonfictionbooks #indieauthors #blackfemalewriter #blackfemaleauthor #black #blackattorney #womensupportingwomen #women #attorney #nonfictionreads #blackwomen

Dear friends and colleagues: Over on my substack I am writing a series about the personal cost of writing a book like Against White Feminism. It is difficult to expose one's vulnerabilities in the private sphere, but as a thinker I believe it is necessary to reveal them so people can understand just how deeply held social prejudice impacts our most intimate selves. The first essay is up now and is free to read. I am offering a yearly subscription for $40/ year necessary only because there are few venues that will publish this sort of experimental self-exposition. I need all the encouragement I can get. The first essay is here. Please do consider subscribing. https://lnkd.in/gubd_2iR