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Octavio again offers his expertise on the "Queer" Harlem Renaissance, for a beautiful article in the NY Times that includes archival images, historical maps, and quotations by González and other distinguished scholars
Learn MoreOctavio again offers his expertise on the "Queer" Harlem Renaissance, for a beautiful article in the NY Times that includes archival images, historical maps, and quotations by González and other distinguished scholars
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In an interview with Time Magazine, Octavio offers his expertise on the Harlem Renaissance, shedding light on its important implications for the history of the LGBTQ+ community.
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In a segment of an episode of the Culture Show Podcast celebrating National Poetry Month, Octavio González delves into his experience growing up as a queer kid in the Dominican Republic, and how they shaped him into who he is today. Through a discussion of his latest collection of poems titled "Limerence", which he describes as a coming-of-age novel told through poems, he details how various influences and life experiences--from his upbringing to his supportive queer network--gave him the courage to shares his life experiences through his poetry, including the raw, sensual ones.
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Alongside Emmanuel Xavier, Gonzalez met with students of Canisius University for a rich discussion about LatinX people in the U.S. Click the image to watch a recording of the interview.
Podcast Founder & Editor Dr. Octavio R. González, author of MISFIT MODERNISM (Penn State, 2020), interviews Dr. Philip Tsang, author of OBSOLETE EMPIRE (Hopkins, 2021) for this debut episode of "2 Authors 2 Books," a public-humanities podcast funded by the Mellon Foundation and the University of New Hampshire Humanities Institute.
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School districts in dozens of states have banned or considered banning over a thousand books, many of which explore LGBTQ themes. Wellesley College associate professor Octavio González teaches a popular class on queer women's literature in the 19th and 20th centuries. González joins us to talk about how hard it was to publish queer texts in that era, and how it's connected to book bans happening today.
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In an interview with "The Wellesley News," Octavio discusses how his experiences have shaped his poetry, and how poetry can serve as a vehicle to explore oneself. Furthermore, he presents the idea of allowing poetry to take on whatever form it may in order to "unleash the power of words", and shares how he's bringing this concept into the classes he teaches at Wellesley.
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