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Lectures, Readings, Colloquia

Hurst Lecture - Good Uses for ‘Bad’ Literature: Genre and Criticism in Context

The English Department is hosting visiting Hurst Professor Rosamond S. King the week of October 27-31. Her schedule includes two public events, which all are welcome to attend.

Hurst Lecture

Good Uses for ‘Bad’ Literature: Genre and Criticism in Context

Monday, October 27

4:00 PM

Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall

 Workshop

Serious on All Sides: Working on a Creative-Critical Continuum

Wednesday, October 29

11:00 a.m.

Hurst Lounge Duncker Hall

Critical and creative writer and performer Rosamond S. King’s work is centered on the sexualities, celebrations, and protests of Caribbean and African peoples. Her monograph Island Bodies: Transgressive Sexualities in the Caribbean Imagination was named “Best Book” by the Caribbean Studies Association in 2015 and will be reissued in a new edition in 2026. King’s poetry collections include All the Rage and the Lambda Award-winning Rock | Salt | Stone. Her essays have appeared in LitHub, the Ms. blog, Sargasso, The Progressive, The Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, and elsewhere. Her readings and performances have been curated in theatres, festivals, and nontraditional venues around the world. King is the Carol L. Zicklin Endowed Chair to the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York. www.rosamondSking.black