Feminism in Theory and Practice featuring Jamie Hood

In her latest book, Trauma Plot: A Life, Hood draws on disparate literary forms to tell the story of three decades marred by sexual violence and the wreckage left behind. She interrogates the archetype of the rape survivor, who must perform penitence long after living through the unthinkable. Hood is the author of How to Be a Good Girl, one of Vogue’s Best Books of 2020, and regards, marcel, a monthly newsletter on Proust and other miscellany. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The Baffler, Bookforum, The Nation, Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Inquiry, The Drift, and elsewhere. Photo by Ian Stearns.

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