Jessica B. Burstrem
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Graduate Assistant |
| Location | Columbia, Maryland, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | I earned a B.A. in English Language and Literature from University of Michigan in 2003 and an M.A. in English and a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from University of Florida in 2006. I went ABD for a Ph.D. in English at University of Arizona, where I studied mostly fiction and American Indian Studies, in 2011; I never finished because I had to write my divorce instead of my dissertation and then ran out of time. I am also interested in resistance by way of social movements, popular culture, film, literature, gender studies, Black cultural studies, queer temporalities, and representation. |
| Interests | reading, writing, music, film, family and friends, travel, games, food, wine |
| Favorite movies | adaptations, retellings, zombie comedy |
| Favorite music | Beethoven, the Coasters, Jim Croce, CCR, Billy Joel, Metallica, Brad Paisley, Delta Rae, The Hu |
| Favorite books | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, The Sea by John Banville, Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide, A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel, Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture by Racquel Gates, The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman, What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape by Sohaila Abdulali |
Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?
Because blood tastes like metal. I vaguely remember someone once explaining why, but I don't remember the particulars.