Queer Literature | Dr. Shannon Finck

Lit Que(e)ries: A Journal

Students in my Spring 2024 LGBTQ+ Literature class (ENGL 3695/WGSS 3910) created, edited, and published their own open-access journal with essays organized into thematic clusters (modeling their work on ASAP/J, Post45 Contemporaries, etc.). This was my first time doing a collaborative project at this scale with students, and the final product reflects the beautiful, ambitious,…

ENGL 3695/ WGSS 3910: LGBTQ+ Lit

Course Description This course centers literature written by LGBTQ+authors and texts addressing queer identities and experiences. As we read contemporary literary works by living LGBTQ+ writers, we will consider some of the ideas and issues that shape queer lived experience, cultural and artistic production, visibility and equity, and the politics and ethics of representation. Approaching…