Thursday, October 06, 2005

V.G. News!!!



That's V.G. in the Bridget Jones and also the Todd Haynes sense: I just got word that my article "'The Invention of a People': Velvet Goldmine and the Unburying of Queer Desire" has been accepted for publication in a book called The Cinema of Todd Haynes, to be published in Spring 2006 by Wallflower Press, a film-based subsidiary of Columbia University Press.

Some of you know that my dissertation chapter about Velvet Goldmine was the one dearest to my heart and also the one that met with the frostiest general reception at my dissertation defense. It's also my first print publication in the field of academic film studies. So, in my own mind, and relative to my own self-confidence about my work, to have a condensed version of that particular chapter accepted for publication is a real spirit-lifter. Thanks to everyone who left encouraging comments since yesterday... they worked! So, hey, are y'all on permanent call for this good-luck-charm hoodoo, or what??
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6 comments:

  1. qta10:33 PM, October 06, 2005

    Yay! Congrats! I cannot wait to read it, as I love academic essays, Velvet Goldmine, and Nick Davis!

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  2. Dr. S10:54 PM, October 06, 2005

    aaooowwww!!! well done! woo WOO!!!!

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  3. par31822:10 AM, October 07, 2005

    i think curt wild said it best -

    the world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. the curves of your lips rewrite history.


    congrats

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  4. tim r3:45 AM, October 07, 2005

    Rock and roll!

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  5. NATHANIEL R9:52 AM, October 07, 2005

    "you bow to no one"

    I'm so happy for you.

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  6. Anonymous7:16 PM, October 07, 2005

    So fabulous - I'm so proud of you!!! xoxo jenn

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