A reading and reception to celebrate the publication of Jennifer Doyle’s book, Shadow of My Shadow.

“Shadow of My Shadow sets a new bar for autotheory. A patient, granular dismantling of the chilling relations between work, sex, and institutions—and of their systemic disavowal. With her signature generosity of thought, unflinching attention to difficult details, and riveting writing that is at turns revelatory and crushing, Jennifer Doyle has crafted a stunning, exquisite work.” – Jasbir K. Puar, author of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability

“Jennifer Doyle’s Shadow of My Shadow rigorously inhabits and analyzes places that many of us feel averse to but that structure and shape our institutions and sometimes our greater lives. The result is a probing, risk-taking, distinctive study that aids its readers in better understanding ‘complaint pathology and the paranoid character of nearly all discourse about harassment’ and helps us fathom ‘what we lose when harassment ecologies consume us’—and what we might gain by living elsewise.” – Maggie Nelson, author of Like Love: Essays and Conversations