{"product_id":"it-came-from-the-closet-queer-reflections-on-horror-paperback","title":"It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Vallese\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eBruce Owens Grimm\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the lens of horror--from \u003ci\u003eHalloween \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eHereditary\u003c\/i\u003e--queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHorror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes--such as the circumspect and resilient \"final girl,\" body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet--spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.\u003ci\u003eIt Came from the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e features twenty-five essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on \u003ci\u003eJennifer's Body\u003c\/i\u003e, Jude Ellison S. Doyle on \u003ci\u003eIn My Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, Addie Tsai on \u003ci\u003eDead Ringers\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Vallese\u003c\/b\u003e is coeditor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eWhat's Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey\u003c\/i\u003e. His creative and pop culture writing appears in \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e, VICE, Backstage, PopMatters, \u003ci\u003eSoutheast Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Northeast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVIA: Voices in Italian-Americana\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee and a notable in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e for his essay \"Blood, Brothers.\" He is currently clinical associate professor in the Expository Writing Program at New York University, and previously served as site director and faculty for the Bard Prison Initiative. Joe holds an MFA New York University, and MAT and BA degrees from Bard College.\u003cb\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and the Abrams Artist-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003eBruce Owens Grimm is a Pushcart-nominated, queer ghost-nerd based in Chicago. He is a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrevity's Nonfiction Blog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweet: A Literary Confection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntropy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAWP's Writer's Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He attended the 2021 Tin House Winter Workshop as well as residencies and workshops at The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) among others.\u003cb\u003eZefyr Lisowski\u003c\/b\u003e is a trans and queer writer, artist, three-time Pushcart nominee, and North Carolinian currently living in New York City. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Box\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Black River Editor's Choice Award, and the microchap \u003ci\u003eWolf Inventory\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the poetry coeditor for \u003ci\u003eApogee\u003c\/i\u003e and was a 2019 Tin House Summer Workshop Fellow. Lisowski's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNat. Brut.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMuzzle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDIAGRAM\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has received support from Sundress Academy for the Arts, McGill University, the New York Live Ideas Fest, the Blue Mountain Center for the Arts, and the 2019 CUNY Graduate Center Adjunct Incubator Grant.\u003cb\u003eRichard Scott Larson\u003c\/b\u003e earned his MFA from New York University, and he is the recent recipient of fellowships from MacDowell and the New York Foundation for the Arts. His creative and critical work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His writing has also been listed as notable in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is an active member of the National Book Critics Circle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Fonseca\u003c\/b\u003e is a self-taught writer from the Georgia foothills who lives in New York City. Her fiction and cinema writing have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBosie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvergreen Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Museum of the Moving Image's \u003ci\u003eReverse Shot\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She is a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Lesbian Pulp\u003c\/i\u003e (Feminist Press 2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984094921005,"sku":"9781952177798","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/RUhCQzR4NkQ2TXZ4VkVZaFREWkphdz09.webp?v=1776081901","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/it-came-from-the-closet-queer-reflections-on-horror-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}