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reviewed The queer art of failure by Jack Halberstam

Jack Halberstam: The queer art of failure (2011, Duke University Press)

"The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives—to conventional understandings of success in a …

Absolute romp!

Listened to the audio book after hearing I ought to read it from many different place, most compellingly, Jairus Grove. It was so good I had to listen to something else before bed because otherwise I'd get too excited and stay up. I wouldn't say I agree with Halberstam on a lot of his psychoanalytic arguments as I find them hard to substantiate, but it's very worth the read regardless since there is a lot more to the book.