Fiction. LGBT Studies. African American Studies. Straddling fiction and poetry, Renee Gladman's writing operates on the level of the sentence, constructing suprise and oblique meanings at every turn, and somehow managing the supremely difficult trick of both engaging and pushing the reader. "THE ACTIVIST begins in the middle of a revolution.... There is a bridge that may or may not have been bombed. People speak in nonsense and cannot stop themselves. In the midst of all this, the language of news reports mixes with the language of confession. The art of this beautifully written book is in how it touchingly illustrates that relations between humans and cities are linked in a more complex interface than most realize"—Juliana Spahr.

Author Hometown: BOSTON, MA USA



About the author: Renee Gladman was born in Atlanta in 1971. She received a B.A. in philosophy from Vassar College, and a Master's degree in poetics from New College of California. She is the author of six works of prose—including THE RAVICKIANS (Dorothy, a publishing project, 2011), EVENT FACTORY (Dorothy, a publishing project, 2010), NEWCOMER CAN'T SWIM (Kelsey Street Press, 2007), THE ACTIVIST (Krupskaya, 2003), and JUICE (Kelsey Street Press, 2000)—and one collection of poetry, A PICTURE-FEELING (Roof Books, 2005). Since 2005, she has operated Leon Works, an independent press for experimental prose and other thought-projects based in the sentence, making occasional forays into poetry. She teaches in the Literary Arts Department at Brown University.

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