Literature
- Reflecting Narcissus A Queer Aesthetic Steven Bruhm 2000 Fall
- Places this mythological figure at the center of homoerotic creativity and desire.
- Copying Machines Taking Notes for the Automaton Catherine Liu 2000 Fall
- Explores literary theory’s fear of and fascination with the mechanical.
- Aching for Beauty Footbinding in China Wang Ping 2000 Fall
- A fascinating and haunting exploration of the bound foot in Chinese culture.
- Haunts of the Black Masseur The Swimmer as Hero Charles Sprawson 2000 Spring
- A lustrous examination of life in the water from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Esther Williams.
- Lions and Shadows An Education in the Twenties Christopher Isherwood 2000 Spring
- The novelist’s account of his college days and early formative friendships, now back in print.
- Pubis Angelical Manuel Puig 2000 Spring
- A tale of intrigue and sexual entrapment.
- A Meeting by the River Christopher Isherwood 1999 Fall
- Isherwood’s final novel, bringing together his thoughts on gay identity and Eastern mysticism, now back in print.
- The Good Woman of Setzuan Bertolt Brecht 1999 Fall
- An essential play by a master playwright, with a new introduction.
- The World in the Evening Christopher Isherwood 1999 Fall
- The celebrated English writer’s first novel about Americans and their values, now back in print.
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht 1999 Fall
- The definitive edition, with a new introduction.
- Blood of Requited Love Manuel Puig 1999 Fall
- Cruel love and heartbreak remembered.
- Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages Manuel Puig 1999 Fall
- The darkly humorous story of a complex relationship between two troubled men, now back in print.
- Down There on a Visit Christopher Isherwood 1999 Spring
- The sequel to Berlin Stories, now back in print.
- The Memorial Christopher Isherwood 1999 Spring
- A lively, ironic portrayal of England in the 1920s, now back in print.
- After the End Representations of Post-Apocalypse James Berger 1999 Spring
- Explores the cultural function of the concept of “the end.”