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the world is moving around me A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake Dany Laferrière, translated by David Homel
a queer film classic
A book on the groundbreaking 1977 documentary that profiles the lives of ordinary gay men and lesbians of different ages, races, and backgrounds. The film was released around the same time that Anita Bryant waged her infamous antigay campaign in Florida, and provided an important visual counterpoint to the homophobic rhetoric that Bryant and others were promulgating.
spring 2013 release
Greg Youmans
Award-winning novelist Dany Laferrière was in a Port-au-Prince restaurant in 2010 when the devastating Haiti earthquake struck. This moving and revelatory book is an eyewitness account of the quake and its aftermath. In a series of vignettes, Laferrière reveals the shock, rage, and grief experienced by those around him, the acts of heroism he witnessed, and his own sense of survivor guilt. Includes a foreword by Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada and Special Envoy for Haiti for the United Nations. “Keen observation, incisive analysis and passionate engagement mark this author’s account of the 2010 earthquake that devastated his native Haiti.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
film studies, lgbtq isbn 978-1-55152-420-7 •
192 pages softcover $14.95 • $14.95 us
Yarn bombing
english, history, sociology isbn 978-1-55152-498-6 •
185 pages softcover $15.95 • $15.95 us
zero patience
The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti Mandy Moore & Leanne Prain
Wendy Gay Pearson & Susan Knabe
Yarn Bombing is the definitive guidebook to covert textile street art. This full-color DIY book features 20 patterns that range from hanging shoes and knitted picture frames to balaclavas and gauntlets. The book also includes interviews with members of the international community of textile artists and yarn bombers; it’s also chock full of beautiful photographs and easy stepby-step instructions for knit and crochet installations and garments. Join the yarn bombing revolution!
An insightful look at John Greyson’s controversial 1993 film musical about the AIDS crisis which combines experimental, camp musical, and documentary aesthetics while refuting the legend of “Patient Zero,” the male flight attendant blamed for bringing the AIDS crisis to North America. Pearson and Knabe both teach in the Women’s Studies and Feminist Research department at the University of Western Ontario.
“The book borrows from the vernacular of street graffiti and halfjokingly positions yarn bombing as an illicit alternative for knitters bored making yet another Christmas sweater. It asks readers to get off their rocking chairs and ‘take back the knit’.” —New York Times
isbn
urban studies, visual arts 978-1-55152-255-5 • 232 pages softcover $21.95 • $19.95 us
“A gripping tale … passionate and smart.” —Washington Post a queer film classic
film studies, lgbtq isbn 978-1-55152-422-1 •
184 pages softcover $14.95 • $14.95 us
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