Literature crystallizes the actions of those who face the present, those dedicated to reflecting upon the machinations of the status quo and those who have and still are taking action against oppression. It follows that literary and other artistic texts have the power to show to readers both involved and not involved in those processes what it is like to address others or be addressed differently—it provides a different position to think about the system through language. These positions and the disruptions of such positions are at the core of this edition of FRAME. In this issue, we hope to provide a varied array of perspectives on the flight through literature as conducted through stories, actions or events. With this in mind, we present articles that engage with many forms of literature and the activist practices related to it—from young adult fiction and erasure poetry to the writing practice and literary balls.
Main Articles
Claudia Vásquez-Caicedo and Maico Mariën | Foreword
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Rachel Anne Gillett | “My Name is Peaches”: Literature, Lyrical Activism and Black Music
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Odile Heynders | Disensus in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet
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Sean P. Connors and Roberta Seelinger Trites | “What’s the Point of Having a Voice If You’re Gonna Be Silent?”: Youth Activism in Young Adult Literature
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Thalia Ostendorf | Interview | Literary Courage as a Roadmap to Activism: A Conversation with Kathy Kelly
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Masterclass
Andy Zuliani | A Present Absence: Reading Redaction Poetry
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Elisa M.F. Santos | The Moon is Flicts: Political and Queer Uses of Negativity in a Brazilian Picturebook
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Deborah Schrijvers | Veganism against Patriarchy: Non-Human Animal and Animalized Violence in The Vegetarian
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Marit van de Warenburg and Thomas van Gaalen | A Ball for the Refused: Struggle over Literary Freedom within the Dutch Literary Field
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