Recently published nonfiction books written by LSA English alums:
American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives (Dutton, 2025) by English alum Robert W. Fieseler (A.B. ’03), has been hailed as a “vital exposé for both our history and our present day.” It examines how 20th century Black and queer Floridians were targeted by the racist and homophobic legislation of the Johns Committee during the era of the Second Red Scare and the Lavender Scare, under the guise of anti-communism.
Worlds Apart: Genre and the Ethics of Representing Camps, Ghettos, and Besieged Cities (Columbia University Press, 2025) by English alum (M.F.A. ’01) Benjamin Paloff, who is also a professor of comparative literature and Slavic languages and literatures, asks important questions about how literary genres shape our historical memory of 20th century atrocities—and the ethics of storytelling.
