New Books in Arts & Letters
Catherynne M. Valente, “Space Opera” (Saga Press, 2018)
Catherynne M. Valente
Space Opera

Saga Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Science FictionNew Books Network January 17, 2019 Rob Wolf

The Eurovision Song Contest has launched careers (think ABBA and Celine Dion), inspired outrageous costumes, and generated spinoffs. The campy competition also led a fan to dare author Catherynne M. Valente on Twitter to create a science fictional Eurovision, resulting in the publication of Space Opera (Saga Press, 2018) two... Read More
Tim Mohr, “Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall” (Algonquin Books, 2018)
Tim Mohr
Burning Down the Haus
Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Algonquin Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MusicNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network January 17, 2019 Rebekah Buchanan

In Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (Algonquin Books, 2018), Tim Mohr examines East Germany punk rock and its role in the collapse of the East German dictatorship. Starting in the late 1970s, a small group of East Berlin teens started listening... Read More
Shanna de la Torre, “Sex for Structuralists: The Non-Oedipal Logics of Femininity and Psychosis” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Shanna de la Torre
Sex for Structuralists
The Non-Oedipal Logics of Femininity and Psychosis
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network January 17, 2019 Jordan Osserman

What might Levi-Strauss and structuralism have to offer to psychoanalysis beyond the incest prohibition and the Oedipus complex? What happens if we understand Lacan’s notion of the symbolic as creative, rather than prohibitory? And what’s the difference between the psychoanalyst and the shaman? Shanna de la Torre’s Sex for Structuralists:... Read More
Ivy Johnson, “Born Again” (The Operating System, 2018)
Ivy Johnson
Born Again

The Operating System, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in PoetryNew Books Network January 16, 2019 Andrea Blythe

The poetry and prose in Ivy Johnson’s Born Again (The Operating System, 2018) beautifully dives into the ecstatic expression of religious experience. With its confessional style, this collection gives power to the female voice, rending open that which would be hidden behind closed doors. The work blends sensuality and spirituality,... Read More
Janelle Adsit, “Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing” (Bloomsbury, 2017)
Janelle Adsit
Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing

Bloomsbury, 2017

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in EducationNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network January 15, 2019 Eric LeMay

Today, we’re talking to Janelle Adsit about her book, Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing (Bloomsbury, 2017). In it, Adsit takes a hard look at the way American colleges and universities teach creative writing. What do students who enter creative-writing classrooms encounter as these young people hope to discover who they... Read More

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