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Zines From a Revolution
The 26th piece in the Polity of Literature series describes an extensive archive of 1970s and ’80s gay poetry collected by literary activist Charles Shively.
Identity
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Gay Ancestry
Reading between the lines of history, the author finds queer kinship in the literature left behind by his gay ancestors.
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Exploring the Polity of Comics: Queer Kinship in Gay Comix
The 25th piece in the Polity of Literature series looks at the special features the comics form brings to politics, and the uses various North American countercultures have made of them.
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Improvised Existence
This podcast features elements of improvisation in daily life for a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Featuring TV producer, Amit Tandon.
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Fan Fiction is What a Polity of Literature Looks Like
The 23rd piece in the Polity of Literature series considers which metaphors are best-suited to the writing and reading of fan fiction.
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Drawn Literature: Graphic Novels and Hannah Arendt’s Hair
The 13th piece in the Polity of Literature describes the illustrator’s process in making a graphic novel about Hannah Arendt’s life and work.
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If They Come in the Morning: Writing from Prison with Angela Davis
The 7th piece in the Polity of Literature series recalls the work of Angela Davis and Bettina Aptheker reading and writing together—one in prison, the other free.
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The Zines of Terezín
The 6th piece in the Polity of Literature series looks at the zines and communities of resistance created by resourceful children in the Nazi’s horrific Terezín ghetto.
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I drag you with me: ancestry and contemporary practice
I drag you with me: ancestry and contemporary practice (a conversation between Raphael Daibert and Edgar Calel) Edgar Calel came to São Paulo for a three-month residency that extended to
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I Dream Feeling, Otherwise
I woke up crying. It was a January morning, the 23rd, and I missed someone. Some family member, or some acquaintance, or some stranger — it matters not — died
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Multi-layered Selves: Colonialism, Decolonization and Counter-Intuitive Learning Spaces
As I wondered about the best way to write this text, two related events caught my attention. First, I received a call for publications with the title “After De-colonizing…What?” issued
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Cultivating Rhizomatic Space
The intimate process of portrait-making in pop-up studios is like creating a queer temporal family.