John Garrison (author)

John S. Garrison is an American author and scholar of William Shakespeare and Renaissance literature.[1][2] In 2021, he was named a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for his scholarship on English literature.[3]

John Stanley Garrison
Born
Pittsburgh
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Davis
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Author, Professor
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities

Early life and education

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Garrison was born in Pittsburgh. He is the son of civil engineer William Louis Garrison.[4]

Garrison earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from University of California, Berkeley in 1993 and a Ph.D. from University of California, Davis in 2007. Prior to obtaining his graduate degree in English literature, Garrison worked for organizations in both the private and public sectors, including the Levi Strauss Foundation.[5]

Career

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Garrison's writing centers on themes of identity, language, and memory. His book Glass was one of the first books in the Object Lessons series and explores how the material—from mirrors to the telescope to the camera lens—has shaped how humans relate to themselves and to others. His thinking on the cultural history of this material has also been featured in The Atlantic and on the Colin McEnroe Show, an NPR podcast hosted by Colin McEnroe.[6] In Shakespeare and the Afterlife, he explores how human fantasies about what comes after death ultimately reflect anxieties and desires of people in the present moment.[7] Shakespeare at Peace, co-written with Kyle Pivetti, contemplates how possibilities for sustainable peace might be traced to ideas in Renaissance literature.[8] With Pivetti, he is co-editor of the scholarly book series Spotlight on Shakespeare.[9] In The Pleasures of Memory in Shakespeare's Sonnets (2023), Garrison explores how the poems showcase the intertwined nature of desire and recollection.[10]

Beyond his non-fiction writing, Garrison also publishes creative work, and in 2004 he was a finalist for the James White Award for short fiction.[11][12] In addition to being named a Guggenheim Fellow, he has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[13][14]

On January 27 2023, Bloomsbury Press announced that Garrison would be writing a volume for the next round of books in their 33 13 (Thirty-Three and a Third) book series.[15] The book will discuss Red Hot + Blue, a 1990 compilation album from the Red Hot Organization featuring tributes to Cole Porter to raise awareness about the AIDS epidemic.[16]

Bibliography

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  • Glass. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1628924244
  • Sexuality and Memory in Early Modern England: Literature and the Erotics of Recollection. With Kyle Pivetti. Routledge, 2015. ISBN 9780367871987

References

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  1. ^ "Writers @Grinnell: John Garrison". Grinnell College. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  2. ^ "John Garrison – Humanities Commons". Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | John S. Garrison". Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. ^ "William L. Garrison Passed Away | Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  5. ^ "Q&A: Professor John Garrison, English, on learning, growing and asking for help – and his newly announced Guggenheim award". The Scarlet and Black.
  6. ^ "Looking At Our World Through Glass". Connecticut Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  7. ^ Garrison, John (23 April 2019). ""Was Shakespeare Agnostic about the Afterlife?"". Lit Hub. Literary Hub. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ^ Garrison, John. ""Shakespeare's Peaceful Histories"". Society for Renaissance Studies. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Book Series: Spotlight on Shakespeare". Routledge. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ^ Garrison, John. "The Pleasures of Memory in Shakespeare's Sonnets". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  11. ^ Contento, William. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006". Locus Magazine. Locus Publications. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. ^ Kelly, Mark. "James White Award 2004". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Carroll Receives Two Grant Awards from NEH". Carroll University. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  14. ^ "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANT AWARDS AND OFFERS, APRIL 2021" (PDF). National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. ^ 333admin (27 January 2023). "Announcing the newest 33 1/3s". 333Sound. Bloomsbury Press. Retrieved 28 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Farber, Jim (February 25, 2020). "POP VIEW; Red Hot at 30: how compilations used big music stars to combat Aids". The Guardian.
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