Professor, English Department
(M.F.A., Brown University, 1998)
tel.: (607) 777-2894
fax.: (607) 777-2408
e-mail: tglave@binghamton.edu
Areas of Interest
Contemporary Caribbean "Queer" Writing
Latin American ("queer" and other) literature
Black British writers
Literatures of testimony and human rights
Francophone Caribbean literature in translation
Experimental fiction and creative nonfiction
Books
Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh (Akashic, 2013)
The Torturer's Wife (City Lights, 2008)
Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles (editor; Duke, 2008)
Words to Our Now; Imagination and Dissent (essays; Minnesota, 2005)
Whose Song? and Other Stories (City Lights, 2000)
Recent Courses Taught
Literature, Race, and Film: History, Politics, Place
The French Caribbean: Nations in Translation
Identity, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Caribbean Literature
Graduate Fiction workshop
Advanced Fiction and Intermediate Fiction workshops
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
Board of Directors, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York (CUNY)