Self Defense: A Philosophy of Violence

Sarah Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood Under Settler Colonialism (2018), as well as three poetry collections, Entering Sappho (2020), DOWN (2014), and Security Posture (2009). Sarah teaches literature and critical theory at the University of Toronto.

Sarah Dowling

To Live Like Prey: On Elsa Dorlin’s “Self-Defense”

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

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"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Religion

Sarah Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood Under Settler Colonialism (2018), as well as three poetry collections, Entering Sappho (2020), DOWN (2014), and Security Posture (2009). Sarah teaches literature and critical theory at the University of Toronto.

Sarah Dowling

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To Live Like Prey: On Elsa Dorlin’s “Self-Defense”