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Utilizing critical legal methodologies, Alex Powell's Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration (Bristol UP, 2026) gives a vital and needed analysis of migration and queer life. With deep consideration to the role of systemi... more

Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction: Queering Girlhood (Routledge, 2025) is the first sustained critical analysis of the representation of sapphic adolescent protagonists in contemporary Irish Young Adult (YA) literature. Ten YA no... more

In December 2025, writer, civil rights attorney, playwright, speaker, and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall spoke with New Books Network host, Sullivan Summer, about her book, A Protest... more

The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco (University of Texas Press, 2024) by Dr. Damon Scott is a lively history of urban development and its influence on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. By r... more

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Alex Powell
Author of Queering UK Refugee Law, Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration
University (as described in discussion) / author
Episode: Alex Powell, "Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration" (Bristol UP, 2026)
Iria Seijas-Pérez
PhD in Advanced English Studies, researcher, and lecturer focused on YA literature, Irish literature, feminist studies, and queer studies.
University of Extremadura
Episode: Iria Seijas-Pérez, "Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction: Queering Girlhood"(Routledge, 2025)
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Writer, civil rights attorney, playwright, speaker, and professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Episode: Gloria Browne-Marshall, "A Protest History of the United States" (Beacon Press, 2026) Revisited
Dr. Damon Scott
Geography professor at Miami University of Ohio and author of The City Aroused.
Miami University of Ohio
Episode: Damon Scott, "The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco" (U Texas Press, 2024)
Dr. Cara Gormally
author of 'Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder.'
Episode: Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder: Confessions of a Former Badass
Alvin K. Wong
Author and academic specializing in queer studies and Sinophone literature.
Duke University Press
Episode: Alvin K. Wong, "Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone" (Duke UP, 2025)
Dr. Chris Dietz
Lecturer at the Centre for Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds
University of Leeds
Episode: Chris Dietz, "Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender" (Routledge, 2022)
Ashley Brown
Author of the book 'Serving Herself, The Life and Times of Althea Gibson' and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Episode: Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Timothy Gitzen
Author of Unscripting the Present, The Security Panic of Queer Youth Sexuality
Not specified
Episode: Timothy Gitzen, "Unscripting the Present" (SUNY Press, 2025)

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Alex Powell, "Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration" (Bristol UP, 2026)
Q: How did you approach balancing legal analysis with qualitative data in your research?
Powell describes a mixed-methods approach combining ethnographically-informed interviews with legal practitioners and people who sought asylum, alongside doctrinal analysis and Foucauldian/bavarian frameworks to capture both lived experience and legal structures.
Gloria Browne-Marshall, "A Protest History of the United States" (Beacon Press, 2026) Revisited
Q: What do you think he would say about what we're seeing and experiencing?
Browne-Marshall reflects that Baldwin would recognize the historical patterns of violence and oppression and the ongoing struggles against them, emphasizing the need for community solidarity and awareness.
Alvin K. Wong, "Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone" (Duke UP, 2025)
Q: Can you explain a little bit about what that experience was like for you and how that kind of informed the book itself?
The art exhibition I attended highlighted the connections between queer visuality and the social movements in Hong Kong.
Alvin K. Wong, "Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone" (Duke UP, 2025)
Q: How did you come to be in comparative literature?
I started in majoring in English and Women's Studies and became more interested in queer diaspora and transnational sexuality studies.
Chris Dietz, "Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender" (Routledge, 2022)
Q: Can you tell me how the regulation of gender actually changed over the period of your writing the book?
Dietz emphasizes the transition from restrictive regulations requiring medical proof for gender recognition to the progressive self-declaration model in Denmark.

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A scholarly interview series that centers LGBTQ+ studies, queer history, and LGBTQ+ literature through conversations with researchers, authors, and practitioners about their recent books and ideas. Episodes frequently explore representation, intersectionality, cultural memory, and activism, often tying academic analysis to broader social and political contexts. A standout feature is the breadth of disciplines represented—from queer theory and gender studies to music history and legal perspectives—delivering rigorous insight with accessible storytelling. This mix of archival insights, personal narrative, and historical context can be especially engaging for listeners who appreciate deep-dive scholarship presented in a thoughtful, conversatio... more

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