Many of our books are great in the classroom, and we make it easy with teaching guides that can help incorporate our titles into your curriculum.
Most of our authors are also available for travel, interviews, Q&As with students, and Skype visits or Google Hangouts with your class.
For any questions about using one of our books in your class, requests for desk copies, or queries about author availability, email for more information: janice@entropymag.org
The Accomplices Teaching Guides
- Swallow the Fish by Gabrielle Civil (Performance, Black Women Artists, Feminism, Documentation)
- Experiments in Joy by Gabrielle Civil (Black Feminism, Performance Studies, Creative Nonfiction)
- ICON by F. Douglas Brown (Poetry, Black Studies, Ekphrasis, Historical Icons)
- As I Stand Living by Christopher Higgs (Memoir, Conceptual Writing, Constraint-Based, Pop Culture)
- Drowsy. Drowsy Baby by Jared Joseph (Experimental, Sacred Texts, Jewish, Historical Trauma)
- The Book of Endless Sleepovers by Henry Hoke (Childhood, Queer Theory, Coming of Age, Creative Nonfiction)
- Bruja by Wendy C. Ortiz (Dreamoir, Memoir, Psychology, Xicanx)
- Hollywood Notebook by Wendy C. Ortiz (Los Angeles, Memoir, Place, Latinx)
- How to Keep You Alive by Ella Longpre (Hybrid, Feminist, Point of View, Anti-Memoir)
- Blind Spot by Harold Abramowitz (Narrative, New Novel, Trauma, Repetition)
- Transitory by Tobias Carroll (Short Story, Family, Pop Culture, Transit)
- Gaijin by Jordan Okumura (Experimental Fiction, Trauma, Japanese Heritage, Mythology)
- Last Mass by Jamie Iredell (Creative Nonfiction, Catholicism, California History, Lyric Essay)
- Wild Heather by Siân S. Rathore (Poetry, Autobiography, Grief, Mental Illness)
- Dear Ra by by Johannes Göransson (Epistolary Novel, Obsession, Narrative, Experimental)
- Crepuscule W/ Nellie by Joe Milazzo (New Novel, Jazz, Experimental, Historical Fiction)
- The Women by Ashley Farmer (Prose Poetry, Assemblage, Source Material, Gender)
- Antigolf by John Colasacco (Hybrid Writing, Addiction & Recovery Psychology, Grief)
- Coldwater Canyon by Anne Marie Kinney (Novel, Contemporary/American Literature, Los Angeles)
- Psychopomps by Alex DiFrancesco (Transgender Studies, Memoir, Nonfiction)
- Losing Miami by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué (Environmental Literature, Latinx Literature, Experimental Poetry)
- Letters to My City by Mike Sonksen (Poetry/Essays, Los Angeles History, Literary History)
- Entering the Blobosphere by Laura Hyunjhee Kim (Speculative Theory, Critical Thinking, Experimental Nonfiction)
Swallow the Fish by Gabrielle Civil
Performance / Feminism / Black Women Artists / Political Art / Presence / Risk / Audience / Perspective / Point of View / Critical Race Analysis / Documentation / Race / Gender / Sexuality / Coming of Age / Process
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Performance Art / Performance Studies
– Feminist Literature
– Gender Studies / Women’s Studies
– African-American Studies
Experiments in Joy by Gabrielle Civil
Performance Studies / Memoir / Women’s & Gender Studies / Black Studies / Literary Autobiography / Experimental Memoir / Hybrid Writing / Belles Lettres / Black Joy / Black Sexuality / Black Ballet / Black Experimental Performance Art
– Black Feminism
– Art & Activism
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction
– Pedagogy/Radical Teaching
– Art & Academy Intersections
– Cultural Studies
ICON by F. Douglas Brown
Performance / Poetry / Black Studies / Biography / History / Ekphrasis / Cultural Studies / Historical Icons / Icons / Harlem Renaissance / Black Arts / Names / Identity / Poetic Forms / Social Justice
– Poetry
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– African-American Studies
– American/Contemporary Literature
– Narrative Studies
As I Stand Living by Christopher Higgs
Memoir / Autobiography / Essay / Criticism / Literary / Constraint-Based / Conceptual Writing / Experimental / Self-Help / Journal Writing / Fatherhood / Documentation / Faulkner / Pop Culture / Gossip
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Composition
– American/Contemporary Literature
– Experimental Writing
Drowsy. Drowsy Baby by Jared Joseph
Poetry / Memoir / Autobiography / Translation / Historical Trauma / Nation / Family / Subject Formation / Experimental / Sacred Texts / Mysticism / Hybridity / Source Texts / Conceptual Writing / Middle East Studies / Jewish / Memory
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Contemporary American Poetry
– American/Contemporary Literature
– Experimental Writing
– Comparative Literature
– Translation Theory
The Book of Endless Sleepovers by Henry Hoke
Childhood / Queer Theory / Cross-genre / Hybrid / Memoir / Autobiography / Creative Nonfiction / Meta-literary / Post-modernism / Gender / Sexuality / Coming of Age / Illness / Romance / Disability / Masculinity / Family
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Queer Theory
– American/Contemporary Literature
Bruja by Wendy C. Ortiz
Dreamoir / Experimental / Memoir / Autobiography / Diary / Hybrid / Fiction / Psychology / Dreams / Literary / Xicanx / Latinx / Sexuality /Gender / Family / Unconscious / Psychoanalysis
– Creative Writing
– Hybrid Forms
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Experimental Writing
– Feminist Literature
– Gender Studies / Women’s Studies
– Psychology
– Xicanx & Latinx Studies
Hollywood Notebook by Wendy C. Ortiz
Experimental / Memoir / Autobiography / Diary / Fragmented Narrative / Los Angeles / California / Olympia / Place / Literary / Latinx / Sexuality / Gender / Family / Cities / Poetry / Lyricism
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Experimental Writing
– Feminist Literature
– Gender Studies / Women’s Studies
– Xicanx & Latinx Studies
How to Keep You Alive by Ella Longpre
Hybrid / Memoir / Anti-Memoir / Autobiography / Experimental / Feminist / Women / Queer / Bisexual / Tense / Pronoun / Point of View / Form / Motion / Poetics of Spaces / Representation / Religion
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Memoir / Anti-Memoir
– Experimental Writing
– Hybrid Forms
– Feminist Literature
– Queer Literature / Bisexual Literature
Blind Spot by Harold Abramowitz
Narrative / New Novel / Nouveau Roman / Fiction / Experimental Fiction / Trauma / Hybrid / Dystopia / Time / Cinematic Narrative / Hotel / Funeral / Psychological Narrative / Crime / Loop / Repetition / Unreliable Narrator / Language
– Creative Writing
– Hybrid Writing
– Literature / Contemporary Literature
– Trauma Studies
– Narrative Studies
– Gender Studies
– Experimental Writing
Transitory by Tobias Carroll
Fiction / Short Story / Cross-genre / Metaliterary / Postmodernism / Geography / Coming of Age/ Masculinity / Family / Perspective / Point of View / Pop Culture / Conceptual Writing / Liminal Spaces / Weird Fiction / Surrealism / Transit
– Creative Writing
– American / Contemporary Literature Writing
– Short Fiction / Fiction
Gaijin by Jordan Okumura
Fiction / Experimental Fiction / Trauma / Hybrid / Memoir / Autobiography / Sexual Assault / Heritage Japanese / Heritage / Portuguese Heritage / War / Identity Studies / Mythology / Japanese Internment / Loss / Death / Grief
– Creative Writing
– Hybrid Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– Trauma Studies
– Feminist Literature
– Experimental Fiction
– Experimental Writing
Last Mass by Jamie Iredell
Creative Nonfiction / Memoir / Lyric Essay / US History / California / Father Junípero Serra / Catholicism / Ritual / Inheritance / Native American / Postcolonialism / Home / Popular Culture
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction & Memoir
– US / California / Native American History – Contemporary / American Literature
– Experimental Writing
– Forms & Theories of Creative Nonfiction – Postcolonial Studies
– Literary Criticism
– Catholic Studies
Wild Heather by Siân S. Rathore
Poetry / British Poetry / Memoir / Autobiography / Grief / Suicide / Trauma / Obsession / Mental Illness / Witchcraft / Occult / Loss / Death / Mythology / Infatuation
– Creative Writing
– Poetry / Confessional Poetry
– Contemporary British Poetry
– Contemporary / 21st Century British Literature
– Gnostic Studies / Occult Studies
– Creative Nonfiction / Memoir
– Psychology
– Feminist Literature
– Narrative Studies
Dear Ra by Johannes Göransson
Experimental / Poetry / Fiction / Hybrid / Prose / Letters / Epistolary Novel / Literary / Narrative / Desire / Dream / Metaphor / Obsession
– Creative Writing
– Hybrid Forms
– Literary Fiction
– Experimental Writing
– Assemblage / Experimental Forms
– Narrative Studies
Crepuscule W/ Nellie by Joe Milazzo
Narrative / New Novel / Modernism / Experimental / Prosody / Jazz / Stream-of-consciousness / History / Historical Fiction / Double consciousness / Addiction / Marriage / Domestic Fiction / Melodrama / Aesthetics / Metafiction / Psychological Narrative / Point of View / Voice / The 50s / Race / White Privilege / Gender / Literary / Epistolary
– Creative Writing
– American/Contemporary Literature
– Experimental Fiction / Writing
– Historical Fiction / Speculative Fiction
– Narrative Studies
– Gender Studies / Women’s Studies
– African-American Studies
– The Novel
The Women by Ashley Farmer
Poetry / Prose Poetry / Flash Fiction / Hybrid / Women / Collage / Cut-Up / Google / Repetition / Research / Assemblage / Source Material / Gender / Pop Culture
– Creative Writing
– Poetry / Prose Poetry
– Hybrid Forms
– Experimental Writing
– Feminist Literature
– Gender Studies / Women’s Studies
Antigolf by John Colasacco
Novel / Lyric Fiction / Prose Poetry / Fables / Early Childhood / Post-Traumatic Stress / Grief / Catholicism / Hegemonic Masculinity / Disordered Eating / Psychological Abuse / First-Generation Americans / Adolescence / Compulsive Behavior / Addiction / Self- Harm / The 2000s / Luso- & Italian- American Lit
– Creative Writing
– Novel / Short Story / Poetry Hybrid Forms
– Composition & Cultural Rhetoric
– Addiction & Recovery Psychology
– Religious Studies
– Gender Studies
Coldwater Canyon by Anne-Marie Kinney
Fiction / Novel / California / San Fernando Valley / Midwest / Nebraska / Desert Storm / Gulf War Syndrome / Alcoholism / Trauma / Sleep Paralysis / Stalking / Obsession / Crime / Dream Narrative
– Creative Writing
– Fiction / Novel Writing
– Contemporary / American Literature
– Narrative Studies
Psychopomps by Alex DiFrancesco
Memoir / Lyric Essay / Pop Culture / Investigative Journalism / Transgender Studies / Queer Studies / Nonbinary Representation / Non-monogamy / Gender / Family / Queer History / Hate Crimes / Sexual Assault / LGBTQ
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction / Memoir
– Queer Literature
– Trans Literature
– Hybrid Writing
Losing Miami by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué
Grief / Scale / Language / Change / Migration / Immigration / Climate Change / Environment / Queer / Caribbean / Apocalypse / Loss / Exile / Bilingualism / Translation / Ocean / Borders / City
– Poetry / Experimental Poetry
– Ecopoetics / Environmental Literature
– Literature of Diaspora and Migration
– Translation
– Queer Literature
– Latinx Literature
– Creative Writing
Letters to My City by Mike Sonksen
Los Angeles / City / Literary History / Spoken Word / Gentrification / Public History / Southern California / Social Realism / Displacement / Biodeversity / Sustainability / Wetlands / Activist/ Altar / Art Deco / Cartography / The Great Migration
– Oral History
– Los Angeles History
– Hybrid Writing
– Poetry
– Creative Nonfiction
Entering the Blobosphere: A Musing on Blobs by Laura Hyunjhee Kim
Speculative Theory / Critical Theory / Experimental / Hybrid / Conceptual Writing / Language / Poetry / Persona / World-building / Remix / Asian-American / Feminist / Performance Art / Point of view / Blob / Blobologist / Manifesto / Language / Language-ing / Philosophy / Feelosophy / Culture / Practice-based research / Critical thinking / Imagination / Creative process / Image-Text / Art / Nonlinearity / Representation
– Creative Writing
– Creative Nonfiction
– Experimental Writing
– Poetry
– Contemporary Literature
– Feminist Literature
– Performance Art / Performance Studies
– Digital Art / New Media Art