So happy to see this book finally out. I wrote the chapter as part of my 3-month scholar-in residence at Hamburg University (Spring 2023) and enjoyed the process, project, and people!
I am excited to (finally) see the release of the collection Love, etc.: Essays on Contemporary Literature and Culture co-edited by Rita Felski (I’m a fan) and Camilla Schwartz. I was honored to be part of the “Love, etc.” symposium that Felski organized back in October 2019 in Denmark, where I gave a talk about my (then) book-in-progress, Bookishness. It was thrilling to participate in this conversation then, and it was an interesting process to reflect back on Bookishness post-Covid for the publication of this book. My chapter is titled ““Reflecting on Bookishness in the Aftermath of COVID-19”“
Honored to see that my book, Bookishness, has inspired a special issue of a scholarly journal! “Print Cultures and Bookishness in Contemporary Life” (May 2024): https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/tna/3/1
My first peer-reviewed scholarly article on 21st Century mermaid narratives is out: “Siren: An Allegory for the Anthropocene and Example of the Contemporary Mermaid Craze” argues that mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich site for eco-criticism and Environmental Humanities. At ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (May 2024). PDF HERE
-So excited that the special issue/cluster for ASAP Journal titled “Our Mermaid Craze” is now online, live, and open-access. You can read my short introduction to the cluster HERE. But the entire cluster is wonderful… as is the cluster’s image (below)!
“Hooked on Mermaids: Recuperating Personal Passion as Scholarly Research” in the minnesota review 2023 (101): 113–122 as part of a Special Focus: Mobilizing Creativity, Part 2 co-edited by my friend Kiene Brillenburg Wurth. Here is a PDF of the essay.
I am teaching Harvard University’s Institute for World Literature (IWL), which trains scholars and teachers in the study of literature in a globalizing world. Meeting for four weeks each summer, in locations from Beijing to Istanbul to Harvard and beyond– a two-week seminar titled “Global Digital Literature: Histories, Theories, Methods”
