Dr. Kevin Quashie

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Biography

Kevin Quashie teaches black cultural literary studies at Brown University, focusing primarily on black feminism, queer studies, and aesthetics, particularly poetics. He is the author and editor of four books, including 'Sovereignty Quiet: Resistance Black Culture' (2012) and 'Black Aliveness, Poetics' (2021). His work, 'Black Aliveness', was awarded the James Russell Lowell Prize by the Modern Language Association in 2022 and the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism by the Poetry Foundation in the same year. Quashie's current research explores literary criticism, situating it within forms of estrangement and consolation, and considering the potency of black sentences. He offers a range of courses including 'Death and Dying in Black Literature', 'Readings in Black Queer', and 'Introduction to Black Literary Theory'.

Research Interests

Black Cultural Literary Studies Black Feminism Queer Studies Aesthetics Poetics

Courses

ENGL 0710V - Death and Dying in Black Literature ENGL 0710W - Readings in Black Queer ENGL 0710X - Black Poetics ENGL 0800T - Introduction to Black Literary Theory ENGL 1760Y - Toni Morrison ENGL 1761E - Blackness ENGL 1762P - Lucille Clifton ENGL 1901J - Fanon Spillers ENGL 2761Q - Blackness Studies in Black Literary Cultural Criticism ENGL 2940 - Scholarly Writing

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics