Section Info: GNDST-204QT-01

Course Title: Women and Gender in the Study of Culture: 'Queer and Trans Writing'

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: What do we mean when we say "queer writing" or "trans writing"? Are we talking about writing by queer and/or trans authors? Writing about queer or trans practices, identities, experience? Writing that subverts conventional forms? All of the above? In this course, we will engage these questions not theoretically but through praxis. We will read fiction, poetry, comics, creative nonfiction, and hybrid forms. Expect to encounter work that challenges you in terms of form and content. Some writers we may read include Ryka Aoki, James Baldwin, Tom Cho, Samuel R. Delany, kari edwards, Elisha Lim, Audre Lorde, Cherríe Moraga, Eileen Myles, and David Wojnarowicz.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Andrea Lawlor		alawlor@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Seminar	Tuesday and Thursday	10:30AM - 11:45AM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: ENGL-201.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
NOPRI0001		Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion

Cross-listed Sections

ENGL-219QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing

GNDST-204QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 16	Enrollment: 17	Available: 0	Waitlist: 8

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.