I’m pleased to announce that my second book, A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji, is out and open access through the Luminos program! I’m grateful to Sabine Früstück, Michael Bourdaghs, and the other editorial board members of the New Interventions in Japanese Literature series for their support. I’m also grateful for Reed Malcolm’s assistance along with that of all the wonderful editorial staff members at University of California Press. You can find the book here.
Textures of Mourning wins University Press Book Award
I’m pleased to report that Textures of Mourning has won the University Press Book Award!
As per The University Record,
“The University Press Book Award is presented to members of the university teaching and research staff, including emeritus members, whose books have added the greatest distinction to the Press List. Selections are made from books published within a span of two calendar years. The stipend is $1,500. The recipient is Reginald Jackson.”
More information can be found here:
https://record.umich.edu/articles/thirty-six-faculty-members-honored-for-scholarship-service/
Tenured.
Dear All,
The Regents of the University of Michigan voted on May 16th to tenure me. It is now official and needless to say, I am glad!
As some of you know, this has been a long and often tortu(r)ous process, but it has finally ended and I am grateful to those whose energy has helped propel me through the gauntlet. I plan to continue metabolizing those energies in the days and years ahead.
I have reinvested in taking better care of myself and look forward to the more authentic conversations and creations that can ensue with decidedly less noise and less nonsense.
Now it’s time to do a different work….
Take care,
-R. Jackson.