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Giles Gunn

Giles Gunn is a professor of global studies and of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has held several fellowships, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship. Professor Gunn is the author of seven books, including Ideas to Live For: Toward a Global Ethics and Beyond Solidarity: Pragmatism and Difference in a Globalized World. He’s edited 13 titles, including Early American Writing and Pragmatism and Other Writings by William James.

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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