Self Defense: A Philosophy of Violence

Sarah Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood Under Settler Colonialism (2018), as well as three poetry collections: Entering Sappho (2020), DOWN (2014), and Security Posture (2009). Sarah teaches literature and critical theory at the University of Toronto.

Sarah Dowling

To Live Like Prey: On Elsa Dorlin’s “Self-Defense”

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

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Philosophy &amp; Religion

Sarah Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood Under Settler Colonialism (2018), as well as three poetry collections: Entering Sappho (2020), DOWN (2014), and Security Posture (2009). Sarah teaches literature and critical theory at the University of Toronto.

Sarah Dowling

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To Live Like Prey: On Elsa Dorlin’s “Self-Defense”