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OCTOBER 22, 2011: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF DAVID KOSOFSKY
Eve’s brother David died of a heart attack on July 5, 2011, the day before his fifty-eighth birthday. The celebration of his life is to be held in Bethesda at Maplewood Park Place, the residence of his mother Rita.
Margaret Soltan remembers David Kosofsky
Obituary
RELATED - EVENTS
OCTOBER 27, 2011: SECOND ANNUAL EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK MEMORIAL LECTURE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The Age of Frankenstein: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and the Temporality of Homophobia
RELATED - EVENTS, TALKS
1001 SEANCES IN GLQ
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (Vol. 14, No. 4, 2011) has released a special issue featuring Eve. The issue includes Eve’s early essay “The 1001 Seances,” which she wrote around 1976, and which focuses on a close reading of James Merrill’s book-length poem The Book of Ephraim, and an altered Polaroid self-portrait (pictured). The journal also includes essays on Eve by friends and former teachers and students, including Michael Moon, Henry Abelove, Neil Hertz, and Kathryn Kent.
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FALL 2011 TENDENCIES SERIES AT THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTER
This series of talks on queer poetics, curated by Tim Peterson (Trace) and titled in honor of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, explores the relationship between queer writing, the manifesto, poetic practice, and pedagogy.
RELATED - EVENTS, TALKS
MARIA JOSE BELBEL BULLEJOS IN EXIT BOOK
Exit Book No. 15 (2011) features an essay on Shame and its Sisters and Touching Feeling by Eve’s friend María José Belbel Bullejos.