Scott Jackshaw

This image is a poster for a colloquium titled "Limits of Legibility: History under Siege." White and yellow text on black background. The description reads: "How does critical history address the impasse between conventional history, on the one hand, and aggressive authoritarian rewriting of history, on the other? Given critical history’s theoretical critique of the positivist understanding of facts, what is its response to the assertion of 'alternative facts'? And what impact, if any, can it have on current battles as to what counts as history?" Below this description is a list of participants: Joan W. Scott (Insitute for Advanced Study), Omnia El Shakry (Yale University), Gary Wilder (CUNY Grad Center), and Korey Williams (University of Chicago). The event will take place on March 6th from 2pm to 6pm at Brown University in Pembroke Hall 305.

join us in Providence on March 6th for Limits of Legibility: History under Siege — a colloquium featuring Joan Wallach Scott, Omnia El Shakry, Gary Wilder, and Korey Williams: events.brown.edu/pembroke/eve...

Scott Jackshaw, Stigmata Some Theories of Atonement In the planetary scar tissue where I follow you in our last days together, where we sacrifice the clots of ...

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Cover of Lyric beyond Containment, a special issue of differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, volume 36, issue 2–3. A yellow cover with black text.

differences 36.2–3 is out now — edited by Sarah Dowling and Claire Grandy, "Lyric beyond Containment" features essays from Jacques Khalip, David Marriott, Andrea Brady, Amy De'Ath, Whitney DeVos, Jan Mieszkowski, Ren Ellis Neyra, Susan Briante, more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...

small one has ukulele, curious to go through new Talonbooks titles by Drew McEwan and Scott Jackshaw, // @drewmcew.bsky.social @scottjackshaw.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social

Be sure to look up these incredible titles at your local #bookstore:

📚The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social
📚tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social

After the Talonbooks fall 2025 launch, the authors pose with their books. First row, left to right: Drew McEwan holds a copy of her book, tours, variously. Rahat Kurd holds a copy of her book, The Book of Z. ryan fitzpatrick holds a copy of their book, No Depression in Heaven. bill bissett holds a copy of his book, th book uv lost passwords 1. Kneeling in front, Danielle LaFrance, the host of the evening, holds four fanned out copies of Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw, who attended the launch virtually.

Thank you to all who joined us for our fall 2025 launch! What a pleasure to share in an evening of literature with you, our amazing community.

Our gratitude to the team at the Secret Lantern Society, the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall, to Danielle LaFrance for hosting, and to our amazing authors.

Brooklyn! Celebrate the launch of Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social at the Eglantine Poetry Reading Series at the Sunview Luncheonette Acropolis! Readings byJackshaw, Kendra Sullivan, and Ada Smailbegović. The event takes place at Sunview Luncheonette Acropolis on October 25th, 6 p.m.

A lightly gradiated seafoam green at the edges to light turquoise in the centre background. The text reads "Talonbooks Fall 2025 Launch, Oct. 24, Vancouver, BC, Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall, 1955 McLean Drive, Venue is wheelchair and scooter accessible." Followed by the five launching book covers with author headshots in circles above. From left to right, Rahat Kurd and The Book of Z, bill bissett and th book uv lost passwords 1, ryan fitzpatrick and No Depression in Heaven, Scott Jackshaw (attending virtually) and Stigmata, and Drew McEwan and tours, variously. The text underneath reads "Light refreshments will be served. A live stream will be available on the Talonbooks YouTube channel. Doors open at 7 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Danielle LaFrance."

ONE WEEK! Join us in East Van at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall for the Talonbooks Fall 2025 launch ft. @rahat.bsky.social, @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social, @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, and @drewmcew.bsky.social! If you can't be there in person, tune in on YouTube!

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Queer your TBR just in time for 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month! 🌈 📚 We've curated a list of reads by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors that centre the joy and resilience of queer communities in celebration of their achievements and ongoing fight for equality around the world.

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A hand holding up Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw. In the background is the river and a grey, clouded sky. Off to the right, a high, industrial bridge traverses the river. The cover of Sigmata is a white cover with a red, roundish wound just above the centre, evoking a stigmata. The title, "Stigmata" appears in black, serif font above it. The font looks slightly bitten. Across the bottom in red is the author's name in a all caps, sans-serif font.

Stigmata is perched on a curb in front of bright pink flowers and leaves in varying depths of green. Behind it, browning ivy climbs the wall. The cover of Sigmata is a white cover with a red, roundish wound just above the centre, evoking a stigmata. The title, "Stigmata" appears in black, serif font above it. The font looks slightly bitten. Across the bottom in red is the author's name in a all caps, sans-serif font.

Hot off the press! Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social has arrived! Stigmata draws inspiration from apophatic theology, body horror, queer theory, classic films, poststructuralism, and bad sex. This is a #poetry collection that weaponizes the confessional mode.⁠

Light blue CBC Books graphic entitled "34 works of Canadian poetry we're excited about this fall." In the top left, bottom left, and bottom right corner is a clip art graphic of three books surrounded by an orange oak leaf, a yellow maple leaf, and a brown acorn. In this spread of six books is Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw, We're Somewhere Else Now by Robyn Sarah, NMLCT by Paul Vermeersch, An Orange Syllable by Gillian Sze, Something for the Dark by Randy Lundy, and crohnic by Jason Purcell.

Light blue CBC Books graphic entitled "34 works of Canadian poetry we're excited about this fall." In the top left, bottom left, and bottom right corner is a clip art graphic of three books surrounded by an orange oak leaf, a yellow maple leaf, and a brown acorn. The spread of six books in this graphic are The Reign by Shane Neilson, A Current Through the Flesh by Richard-Yves Sitoski, Only the Scent of You Remained by Duncan Mercredi, calling down the sky by Rosanna Deerchild, procession by katherena vermette, and tours, variously by Drew McEwan.

Light blue CBC Books graphic entitled "34 works of Canadian poetry we're excited about this fall." In the top left, bottom left, and bottom right corner is a clip art graphic of three books surrounded by an orange oak leaf, a yellow maple leaf, and a brown acorn. The six books in this spread are Beneath the Surface Poems and their Stories by Chief R. Stacey Laforme, th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett, goose by Melanie Dennis Unrau, The Book of Interruptions by Khashayar "Kess" Mohamadi, what we know so far is... by Conor Mc Donnell, and The World After Rain by Canisia Lubrin.

So nice to see Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett, and tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social on CBC's list of fall poetry titles to look forward to! Check out their entire list:⁠

www.cbc.ca/books/34-wor...

Help us celebrate the release of

📚 The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚 th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚 No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚 Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and
📚 tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social!

See you there! 💙📚

A photo of a stack of the book No Depression in Heaven alongside an LP copy of The Famous Carter Family and a trucker hat that reads “Get me to God’s Country”

Copies of my brand new poetry book No Depression in Heaven just arrived on my doorstep! Available wherever you get your books. I hope you’ll give it a look. talonbooks.com/books/no-dep...

my poetry collection STIGMATA is due out next month from @talonbooks.bsky.social — you can preorder it from your local independent bookstore, directly from Talon, or wherever books are sold 🩸

talonbooks.com/books/stigmata

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Poetry to look forward to in the second half of 2025

The @49thshelf.bsky.social 2025 fall #poetry preview includes works by Wendy Donawa, @danielaelza.bsky.social, @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, @johnbradymcd.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @annajswan.bsky.social, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social, @nicolavulpe.bsky.social + more! tinyurl.com/5f7mt9ny

Thanks so much for sharing! ✨

Oh, this is really great: new poetry from @differences.bsky.social managing editor, the super talented @scottjackshaw.bsky.social

"apophatic theology, body horror, gardening, queer theory, classic films, poststructuralism, and bad sex" @talonbooks.bsky.social

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We are delighted to welcome two new Center staff. Scott Jackshaw joins differences as Managing Editor; Erin Perfect joins the archives team as Processing Archivist. Read about Scott : pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-07... Read about Erin: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-05...
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Coming very soon. Get your pre-orders and library requests in. And check out talonbooks.com to learn more about all the books coming out this fall. I'm semi-biased because I work there, but it's a great list.

A poster announcing the Talonbooks fall lineup! A stack of illustrated books is in the middle of the poster atop a pink oval shadow. There are small stars and pink apples as additional decoration.

Slide for "Stigmata" by Scott Jackshaw. This poster features an author photo of Scott and the cover of "Stigmata" and graphically appears like a festival poster crossed with a baseball card.

Slide for "No Depression in Heaven" by ryan fitzpatrick. This poster features an author photo of ryan and the cover of "No Depression in Heaven" and graphically appears like a festival poster crossed with a baseball card.

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Would we bring up autumn in the height of July unless we had something really exciting to announce? Or in this case, seven somethings! We are so pleased to be able to introduce our autumn roster, available for pre-order on the Talonbooks website or from your local bookstore!

It's Pride Month! We’re celebrating by getting excited for a whole new slew of top-tier titles by queer and gender-diverse authors. #LGBTQReads #PrideMonth

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Poster for a colloquium titled "Limits of Legibility: The Climate of Critique." White and yellow text on black background. Logos in the bottom corners indicate that the event is sponsored by differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies and the Pembroke Center at Brown University.

Poster for a colloquium titled "Limits of Legibility: The Climate of Critique." White and yellow text on black background. The description reads: "Ecocriticism has been seduced by metaphors of entanglement. Four critics challenge the increasingly dominant logic of relationality to think the climate crisis without displacing the social and racial antagonisms that found it." Below this description is a list of participants: Lynne Huffer (Emory), Axelle Karera (Emory), Dixa Ramírez D’Oleo (Brown), and Jean-Thomas Tremblay (York), with Elizabeth A. Wilson (Emory) moderating. The event will take place on March 7th from 2pm to 6pm at Brown University in Pembroke Hall 305.

join us in Providence on March 7th for Limits of Legibility: The Climate of Critique — a colloquium featuring Lynne Huffer, Axelle Karera, Dixa Ramírez D’Oleo, and Jean-Thomas Tremblay, moderated by Elizabeth A. Wilson: events.brown.edu/pembroke/eve...

Cover of "Unaccountably Queer" a special issue of differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies, volume 35, number 3. Yellow background with black text. A pale yellow bar with the journal's title in black crosses over the top quarter.

differences 35.3 is out now! — edited by @teaganbradway.bsky.social, "Unaccountably Queer" features essays from Gila Ashtor, Cassius Adair, Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Jules Gill-Peterson, and more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...

A list of the new advisory board members, which includes Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Eugenie Brinkema, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Anne Anlin Cheng, Rey Chow, Joan Copjec, Penelope Deutscher, Mary Ann Doane, Lee Edelman, Mike Fortun, Alexander R. Galloway, Leela Gandhi, Lynne Huffer, Lynne Joyrich, Wendy Allison Lee, Elissa Marder, David Marriott, Emily A. Owens, Thangam Ravindranathan, Denise Riley, Jacqueline Rose, Darieck Scott, Joan Wallach Scott, Jared Sexton, Sara-Maria Sorentino, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, Peter Szendy, Samo Tomšič, Jean-Thomas Tremblay, Robyn Wiegman, and Alenka Zupančič.

After 35 years of publication, we’re updating our advisory board! The scholars gathered here share the journal’s commitment to critical thinking about difference, and we are thrilled to have their support. Take a look at the new masthead here: differencesjournal.org/about

Queer Narrative Lines: A Conversation with Judith Butler — differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies It’s nearly impossible to narrate Judith Butler’s influence on contemporary thought. Their work lies at the heart of countless debates in feminist, queer, and trans studies, critical race studies, p...

"I am in favor of faltering. We offer stories, take them back, revise them, start over, or continue in ways that periodically suffer interruption or trail off" — read Teagan Bradway (@teaganbradway.bsky.social)'s conversation with Judith Butler on our forum: differencesjournal.org/writing/quee...

An excerpt from NEGATIVE LIFE, out August 15, is up on the @differences.bsky.social website! Many thanks to @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and the journal editors. #envhum #film

An excerpt from NEGATIVE LIFE's intro is now live! Many thanks to @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and the @differences.bsky.social editors.

The full polemic, co-written with @stevenswarbrick.bsky.social, is out 8/15 from @nupress.bsky.social.

Ecocriticism against The Wall — differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies We will not listen to the pastoral lesson. We will not remain at ecocriticism’s educative impasse. There will be no charismatic animals or enlightening vegetals to light the way. We shall instead fo...

"We will not listen to the pastoral lesson. We will not remain at ecocriticism’s educative impasse" — read @stevenswarbrick.bsky.social and @jttremblay.bsky.social's "Ecocriticism against The Wall" on our online forum: differencesjournal.org/writing/ecoc...

The five scholars featured in the "Limits of Legibility" colloquium pose for a photo. From left to right: Elizabeth A. Wilson, Joan Copjec, Lee Edelman, David Marriott, and Selamawit D. Terrefe.

now available online: a recording of "Limits of Legibility: Questions of Blackness and Sexuality," a colloquium featuring Joan Copjec, Lee Edelman, David Marriott, and Selamawit D. Terrefe, moderated by Elizabeth Wilson — watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyn4...