Anna Kozak

I am a PhD candidate in English with a collaborative graduate specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies. My research interests include twentieth and twenty-first century American literature, autobiography, queer theory, and affect theory.
 
In addition to the following list of publications, I have presented my work at various conferences and also have several creative non-academic publications.

List of Publications

Published

• “‘What I Wanted to Wear’: The Battle for Self-Expression amidst Transphobic Street Violence.” TransNarratives: Scholarly and Creative Works on Transgender Experience. Canadian Scholars, edited by Kristi Carter and James Brunton, August 2021, pp. 223-234.
• “The Anglo-American Ape-Man: American and British Imperialism in the Tarzan Franchise.” Empire Studies Magazine, December 2019.
• “No Guts, No Glory: Non-Normative Sexuality and Affect in Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘Guts’.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 51-67.
• “‘People Might Talk’: Queerbaiting and Fan Culture in the BBC’s Sherlock.” MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network, November 2016.
•  “Gender Enhancement: Performativity and Capitalism in Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘Frontiers’ from Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories.” International Autobiography Association Life Writing Graduate Student and New Scholar Network, November 2015.
• “In Search of Cheryl Raintree: Sisterhood in Beatrice Mosionier’s In Search of April Raintree.” Literature-Study-Online, June 2015.

Upcoming

• “Beyond Borders and Belonging: Queer (Un)belonging in Dionne Brand’s Thirsty.” Digital Memory Agents in Canada: Performance, Representation, and Culture. U of Alberta P (Accepted).
• “The Unvirgin Sister and South: Racial and Sexual (Im)purity and Temporality in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury.” Resistance Through Time. U of Toronto P (Accepted).