Alex Brostoff
alexbrostoff.bsky.social
Alex Brostoff
@alexbrostoff.bsky.social
asst prof @ Georgetown | comparatist | editor AUTOTHEORIES | translator | trans literatures

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552295/autotheories/
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Later this week, @iashedinburgh.bsky.social hosts "Autotheories" editors @alexbrostoff.bsky.social & Vilashini Cooppan for a hybrid launch event—Thurs, June 12, 17:30-19:30 BST.

Register to join in person or via Zoom: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Read the book’s introduction for free👇
The intro to AUTOTHEORIES is live! 🙏 @mitpress.bsky.social #autotheory Free to read- check it out issuu.com/mitpress/doc...
Autotheories
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June 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The intro to AUTOTHEORIES is live! 🙏 @mitpress.bsky.social #autotheory Free to read- check it out issuu.com/mitpress/doc...
Autotheories
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June 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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travelling down to Bristol today to read alongside Ilya Kaminsky for @lyrafest.com — if you’re around, say hi! taking my copy of Autotheories ed @alexbrostoff.bsky.social to keep me in good company
April 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Bringing together a transdisciplinary array of authors, including Judith Butler & Paul B. Preciado, "Autotheories" offers a new frame of reference for autotheory in a kaleidoscopic snapshot of this genre-bending field: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255229... @alexbrostoff.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Explore the literary & artistic practice that combines autobiography & critical theory with the editors of "Autotheories." @citylightsbooks.bsky.social hosts a free, virtual inquiry into #autotheory on March 1st! Register: https://citylights.com/events/autotheory-encounters-embodiments-critique/
February 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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I'm giving my first lecture for the year tomorrow at this event on queer feminist translation, affect & decoloniality. Glad I can be there all day to absorb & listen & learn.

www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2025/queer-feminist-translation-affect-and-decoloniality
Queerfeministtranslatiion
www.queerfeministtranslation.uk
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
hi Bluesky! our volume AUTOTHEORIES (co-edited with Vilashini Cooppan) is officially out with @mitpress.bsky.social #autotheory mitpress.mit.edu/978026255229...
Autotheories
Autotheories tells the story of a field in formation. Building on traditions that have long fused life writing, philosophical encounter, embodied theorizing,...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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In "Autotheories," @alexbrostoff.bsky.social and Vilashini Cooppan bring together a thrilling group of writers, thinkers, and practitioners to theorize the powerful, evolving concept of 'autotheory':
Autotheories
Autotheories tells the story of a field in formation. Building on traditions that have long fused life writing, philosophical encounter, embodied theorizing,...
mitpress.mit.edu
February 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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"Theory wonks will love this rigorous & surprisingly playful survey of the genre of #autotheory."

The Millions recommends @alexbrostoff.bsky.social & Vilashini Cooppan's "Autotheories" in their winter 2025 preview!
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January 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So much fun talking about autotheories with the one and only @lenamattheis.bsky.social hugest thanks for hosting!!
New Queer Lit episode with @alexbrostoff.bsky.social! Listen now to find out why autotheories are super queer and which formative texts Alex recommends...

www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
January 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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New Queer Lit episode with @alexbrostoff.bsky.social! Listen now to find out why autotheories are super queer and which formative texts Alex recommends...

www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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@alexbrostoff.bsky.social @deesisit.bsky.social and I will be thinking about machine translation. We will examine the effects of machine translation on minority languages, particularly how specific contexts are erased through their transfer into hegemonic linguistic frameworks.
January 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Alex Brostoff & Vilashini Coopann, editors of a forthcoming volume on #autotheory are speaking this Saturday at #MLA2025 in New Orleans. Join them after the panel for a book party—8:30pm at Good Friends Bar at 740 Dauphine St. All are welcome! @alexbrostoff.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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New year, new presses and publishers added to this starter pack! And as always, let us know if you're a translation-centric press and we can add you to the list. go.bsky.app/RPkPdAM
January 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hello Bluesky! I’m new here and a book I’ve coedited is coming out in 2025 with @mitpress.bsky.social excited to welcome AUTOTHEORIES to the world 2/18/25 #autotheory preoder here mitpress.mit.edu/978026255229...
Autotheories
A transdisciplinary array of authors offering a new frame of reference for autotheory and its genre-bending synthesis of autobiography and critical theory.Au...
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December 26, 2024 at 12:56 PM