This novel from Helen Elaine Lee focuses on a queer Black woman working to stay clean, pull her life together, and heal after being released from prison. The final section includes poems about fatherhood, on the heels of Bennett's first child being born.īy Helen Elaine Lee, professor in comparative media studies/writing The central section features an alternate history where Malcolm X is resurrected from the dead, as is a young Black man shot by police some 50 years later. Bennett opens with a set of autobiographical poems with themes of family, life, death, vulnerability, and the joys and dreams of youth. In this deeply personal book, Bennett, a visiting professor who joins the MIT faculty this summer, recalls and reimagines social worlds almost but not entirely lost, all while gesturing toward the ones we are building now, in the midst of a state of emergency, together. “ The Study of Human Life” (Penguin, 2022)īy Joshua Bennett, visiting professor of literature Looking for more literary works from the MIT community? Enjoy our book lists from 20. In addition to links for each book from its publisher, the MIT Libraries has compiled a helpful list of the titles held in its collections. The following titles represent a selection of books published in the past 12 months by MIT faculty and staff. Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book - and MIT authors have had much to offer in the past year.
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