Literature and Criticism Ph.D. Candidate

Email: lgxdc@iup.edu  

North Carolina 

"There's something in us that is very much attracted to madness." --Stephen King

Research Interests

• Horror, the monstrous, video games, and anything that initially pisses me off.

Book Recommendations: 

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

  • "Although Rowling's politics are problematic, her writing contains magic. The HP series itself is classic of adolescents trying to map out an adult world and trying to figure out who they are meant to be."

• On Writing by Stephen King

  • "Whether you're a King fan or not, this book illustrates King's struggles to becoming a publisher author and explores his balancing act of being a writer and a person."

• The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult