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Jonathan Arac

Jonathan Arac is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and a visiting professor at Columbia University. An American literary scholar, he has written Commissioned Spirits: The Shaping of Social Motion in Dickens, Carlyle, Melville, and Hawthorne; and Critical Genealogies: Historical Situations for Postmodern Literary Studies; among other works.

Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

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