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The Institute for the Study of Sexuality & Gender is the locus of interdisciplinary feminist and queer scholarship and teaching at Columbia University

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Book Cover for: Rolling the R's, R. Zamora Linmark

Rolling the R's

R. Zamora Linmark
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"But like I said before, 'love don't last forever,'" - R. Zamora Linmark, reading from "Rolling the R's"

Paperback, 2016

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Importance of Being Wilde at Heart, R. Zamora Linmark

The Importance of Being Wilde at Heart

R. Zamora Linmark
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R. Zamora Linmark as Ken Z and Denise Cruz as Oscar Wilde in their reading of a passage from "The Importance of Being Wilde at Heart" -- the power this interchange holds!

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Book Cover for: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon
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Neurotic remembering, Carter argues, might be seen in M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong!, Marlon James’s Book of Night Women, and An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Paperback, 2017

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth, Dána-Ain Davis

Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth

Dána-Ain Davis
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NEXT WED: Join ISSG Core Faculty member Sarah Haley ( @sahaley ) who will be in conversation with Dána-Ain Davis about reproductive injustice on 10/19 at @BarnardCollege for The Helen Pond McIntyre '28 Lecture. RSVP here: https://t.co/QNCOR9TNee https://t.co/bo2GYF8F57

Paperback, 2019

$36.00Member price:$36.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Chapel Hill, James Vickers

Chapel Hill

James Vickers
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NEXT THURS: ISSG is co-presenting a talk feat. Prof. John Wood Sweet (UNC-Chapel Hill) about his new book "The Sewing Girl's Tale" on 10/6 @ 5PM ET in IAB RM 406. Learn more and register here: https://t.co/E6FH9Ad3l4 CC: @CULehmanCenter @CUHistoryDept @GenderSexLaw https://t.co/I5oqpEbPCo

Hardcover, 1996

$39.99Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India, Srila Roy

Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India

Srila Roy
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THURS @ 4:10PM ET: ISSG will join our partners at the South Asia Institute to present a talk by Dr. Srila Roy (@ProfSrilaRoy) on her new book, "Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India" in 208 Knox Hall. Get there early to get your seat! https://t.co/EUk6bNNms2

Paperback, 2022

$26.95Member price:$25.60 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Encantadas, Herman Melville

The Encantadas

Herman Melville
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Yoon is reading Herman Melville’s “The Encantadas” (1854)

Paperback, 2015

$14.90Member price:$7.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Inheritance, Elizabeth a. Povinelli

The Inheritance

Elizabeth a. Povinelli
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Our event with Hillary Chute and Elizabeth A. Povinelli about Povinelli's new graphic memoir, "The Inheritance" has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 19th at 12pm ET. RSVP on Eventbrite here: https://t.co/bdwBBLrlwj

Paperback, 2021

$28.95Member price:$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Fantasy of Feminist History, Joan Wallach Scott

The Fantasy of Feminist History

Joan Wallach Scott
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TOMORROW: Join the ISSG Graduate Fellows for our Spring Theory Salon, feat. Dr. Joan Wallach Scott. The event will take place over Zoom at 4PM ET, and will discuss Scott's work "The Fantasy of Feminist History." Register here for the link and the readings: https://t.co/PTAklxlsWk https://t.co/Z0gpuI6uKK

Hardcover, 2011

$109.95Member price:$104.45 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Zong!, M. Nourbese Philip

Zong!

M. Nourbese Philip
ISSG @ ColumbiaISSG @ Columbia

Neurotic remembering, Carter argues, might be seen in M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong!, Marlon James’s Book of Night Women, and An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

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