5.3 Alex Brostoff and rl Goldberg on Trans Literatures

Today on the podcast, we meet Alex Brostoff and rl Goldberg, the guest editors of the special issue of College Literature on trans literatures. Alex Brostoff is Assistant Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at Georgetown University, and rl Goldberg is currently Assistant Professor of Queer Studies at Hampshire College. Independently, Brostoff and Goldberg have done a lot of interesting and innovative work on literature, transness, queerness, and auto theory, and together they’ve joined forces not just to edit this issue of College Literature, but also a forthcoming book from Fordham Press, titled Reassignments: Trans and Sex from the Clinical to the Critical. This issue of College Literature offers a variety of exciting pieces, including Stephanie Burt on Philip Larkin, Sarah Snyder and Will Anderson on Incarcerated Trans Resistance, and Cameron Awkward-Rich on Red Jordan Arobateau. The issue also includes must-read interviews with Jordy Rosenberg, Trish Salah, torrin a. greathouse, gaita nihil, Cole Rizki — and there’s so much more. We’re making this whole issue free to read on Project MUSE through May 15, so go forth and read while you listen!