Jonathan Alexander

Jonathan Alexander is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 22 books, including the Creep trilogy, which consists of Creep: A Life, A Theory, An Apology (finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, 2017); Bullied: The Story of an Abuse (2021); and Dear Queer Self: An Experiment in Memoir (2022). Other recent books include the memoir Stroke Book: The Diary of a Blindspot (2021) and the scholarly work Writing and Desire: Queer Ways of Composing (2023). Alexander is Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. His latest book, Damage: Meditations on Queer Visual Art, is forthcoming from Fordham University Press.

Articles

The Career of David Levithan: It Gets Better and Better
David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing honors not only the struggles of gay youth, but those whose sacrifices have made contemporary queer visibility possible.
Jonathan AlexanderApr 22, 2014
PART FOUR of Imagining Alien Sex: Preparing for the Alien
"What might serve as a guide as we potentially embrace the posthuman? What might assist us in thinking through the consequences of such posthumanity? Science fiction certainly assists us in imagining possible futures."
David Lumb, Jonathan Alexander, Karen YescavageJan 6, 2014
PART THREE of Imagining Alien Sex: Alien Sex Goes Mainstream: "Star Trek"
Jonathan AlexanderJan 4, 2014
PART TWO of Imagining Alien Sex: Feminist Interventions
"Are we questioning the naturalness of our own sexual and gender paradigms?"
Jonathan AlexanderJan 2, 2014
PART ONE of Imagining Alien Sex: From Ming the Merciless to "The Lovers"
"In this four-part series, we look at different depictions in SF of sex between humans and aliens, beginning with some early encounters in pulp and 'classic' science fiction, in which the exotic 'Other' entices — sometimes pleasurably, sometimes perilously."
David Lumb, Jonathan AlexanderDec 31, 2013
California in Science Fiction: The Future is Here
California is SF's natural home.
Austin Grossman, Catherine Liu, Jonathan Alexander, Patrick B. Sharp, Sherryl Vint, Vandana SinghAug 15, 2013
Revolution Now? The Family Romances of Post-Apocalyptic Media
2012 was a great year for the post-apocalypse.
Jonathan AlexanderDec 10, 2012
Katrina Media: The Arts of HBO’s “Treme” in the Aftermath of Trauma
Jonathan AlexanderSep 23, 2012
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