Joseph Darda is an assistant professor of English and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at Texas Christian University. He is the author of Empire of Defense: Race and the Cultural Politics of Permanent War (University of Chicago Press, 2019).
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Philosophy of Creative Writing
Joseph Darda explores the confluence of new humanist philosophy and the rise of the creative writing MFA....
The Thin White Line
Joseph Darda on the thinly veiled racial politics of the “blue lives matter” bill....
The Surprising Roots of Recent White Extremism
On Kathleen Belew's "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America."...
Post-Traumatic Whiteness: How Vietnam Veterans Became the Basis for a New White Identity Politics
Joseph Darda looks at how war trauma became the basis for a white identity politics that adapted the politics of multiculturalism for its revanchist ends....
A New New White Man: Toni Morrison’s “Playing in the Dark” Turns 25
Joseph Darda on the enduring importance of Toni Morrison’s “Playing in the Dark” as the pathbreaking collection turns 25....
