Jan Guenther Braun
Jan Guenther Braun is a Canadian writer from Osler, Saskatchewan. Braun is best known for her 2008 novel Somewhere Else, which is considered an important early work of Queer Mennonite literature.[1][2][3] She has also published poetry and literary criticism[4]
Braun lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba for many years, where she received a degree in theology at Canadian Mennonite University.[5] She currently works at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario.[6]
References
- ^ Cruz, Daniel Shank (2019). "Searching for Selfhood in Jan Guenther Braun's Somewhere Else". Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community. Penn State Press. pp. 47–63. ISBN 9780271084428.
- ^ Martin Kuester (2012). Lesbian Mennonite Writing and Collective Memory. Engaging with Literature of Commitment. Volume 2: The Worldly Scholar. doi:10.1163/9789401207850_010.
- ^ Milne, Heather (2009). "Somewhere Else". Journal of Mennonite Studies. 27: 251–252.
- ^ "Jan Guenther Braun". ARP Books. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Queer Sex at Bible College". Rhubarb. 2013.
- ^ "Queer and Mennonite? ? Off the clock with Jan Guenther Braun". University of Toronto. 2014-07-17. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links
- Official site Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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