These are essential books!

Check my review essay of recent titles in carceral studies by Orisanmi Burton, @robinmbernstein.bsky.social Holly Karibo @melanienewport.bsky.social and Doran Larson. Just published in American Quarterly. Many thanks to editor @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social

"Exhaustively researched & transmitted through rich & elegant prose, Bernstein’s compelling story flirts with the sensationalism of the true crime genre, but ultimately, by the time we reach the titular shocking murders, we are prepared to contextualize them within a broader network of harm" (2/2)

My review of @robinmbernstein.bsky.social's brilliant book Freeman's Challenge, just published @theatrejournal.bsky.social. Her devourable prose connects our current era of punishment to a significant 19th-century spectacle of carceral violence (1/2)

Here’s my review of The Healing Stage by @lisabiggs.bsky.social, just published in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. Buy, read, study this essential book!

I also participated in a roundtable discussion reflecting on the creation of the Abolition in Theater and Performance zine with @ltridley.bsky.social @courtcoll.bsky.social (and other fantastic people who I’m not sure are on here). I’m excited to read the whole issue!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/53728

Check out the special issue of Theatre Journal on Abolition & Performance. My article “Abolitionist Laughter: The Joint Movement to #stopcopcity” examines the use of humor in the June 5 2023 ATL city council meeting as an ecocritical strategy of refusal and repair
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

New publication! I’ve got an interview with Erika Dickerson-Despenza in this new book about abolitionist theatre and performance. I’m excited to learn from the other contributions now that I have my hard copy

www.routledge.com/Into-Aboliti...

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We made a zine! “Abolition in Theater & Performance” We distributed this at the Decarcerating the University Keystone Session. Please share widely! #ATHE2023 (1/2)

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