NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Volume 7, Issue 2

The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! American Journal of Cultural Sociology All Volumes & Issues Volume 7, Issue 2, August 2019 ISSN: 2049-7113 (Print) 2049-7121 (Online) In this issue (6 articles) Original Article The middle class as a culture structure: rethinking middle-class formation and democracy through the civil sphere Read More

“Water, Pray” published in Tin House Online

Just received the good news that my poem “Water, Pray” was published today (19 July 2019) in Tin House Online. I am happy as can be that Alana Csappos and Camille Dungy saw fit to give this poem such a fine home. You can read the complete poem here. “Mercy come top me, sink me, Read More

Poetry Debut in The Southern Review

The summer 2019 issue of The Southern Review, in which I make my poetry debut, is out! I couldn’t ask for a better or more appropriate home for my poems “Blue Sailors” and “Les bleuets,” which bear a connection to Baton Rouge, the birthplace of my late husband, Patrick. Special thanks to Jessica Faust for Read More

NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Volume 7, Issue 1

The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! Volume 7, Issue 1, APRIL 2019   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Meaning on the move: synthesizing cognitive and systems concepts of culture Matthew Norton » Abstract   » Full text HTML   » Full text PDF ORIGINAL ARTICLE Racial remembering in urban politics Meghan V. Doran » Abstract   » Full text HTML   » Full Read More

NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Volume 6, Issue 3

The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! Volume 6, Issue 3, OCT 2018 In this issue (5 articles) Original Article Reading matters: Towards a cultural sociology of reading María Angélica Thumala Olave » Abstract   » Full text HTML   » Full text PDF Original Article Acting out ideas: Performative citizenship in the Black Consciousness Movement Read More

Spring – Summer Presentation & Conference Schedule

To say that I’m looking forward to spending springtime in Paris would be a gross understatement. Apart from a few weeks in April set aside for conferences, including the Sociology New Directions Conference at the University of Edinburgh, the months of April and May belong to me and Paris (“pah-rhee”). Two months may seem like Read More