Sanchez-Taylor, Joy. Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color. The Ohio State University Press, 2021 Book review by Christine Garcia, Associate Professor of English, Eastern Connecticut State University “‘How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?’ A Review of Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color” Joy Sanchez-Taylor’s Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of … Continue reading Book Review: Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color by Joy Sanchez-Taylor
Awards
Two New Annual Awards
After discussion with the Executive Council and some strong advocacy within the membership, I am so very honored to announce two new awards that NEPCA will be supporting each year, dedicated to two of NEPCA’s strongest community members. If you are interested in serving on the inaugural award committees for both of these awards, please … Continue reading Two New Annual Awards
Review: Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War by Daniel Y. Kim
Daniel Y. Kim. Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War. New York: NYU Press, 2020. Review by Katherine Allocco, Western Connecticut State University Daniel Kim’s thorough and thoughtful new book, Intimacies of Conflict, argues that the Korean War, the so-called “forgotten war”, exerted a widespread influence on the way that Americans understood, discussed … Continue reading Review: Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War by Daniel Y. Kim
Book Review: Haunted Bauhaus by Elizabeth Otto
Elizabeth Otto. Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics. MIT Press, 2019. Book review by Katherine Allocco (Western Connecticut State University) In Haunted Bauhaus, art historian Elizabeth Otto, who has published numerous books on the Bauhaus, turns her expertise to examining some of the movements and ideas that appeared on the … Continue reading Book Review: Haunted Bauhaus by Elizabeth Otto
Award-Winning Book: Lust on Trial
We are exuberant to announce this year's winner of the Peter C. Rollins Book Prize: Amy Werbel's Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. pp. 391. Here is a review by Katherine Allocco (Western Connecticut State University)of this book which will be formally recognized at the … Continue reading Award-Winning Book: Lust on Trial
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