02/17/2025
From the book Lush Lives by J. Vanessa Lyon. Roxanne Gay Books, 2023. PS3612.Y568 L87 2023
Library Journal describes Lush Lives as, “a compelling and sexy story of the lives of q***r women, both past and present, grounded in the beautifully drawn atmosphere of Harlem. The novel successfully blends real and speculative history to evoke what may hide in the silence of historical records.”
J. Vanessa Lyon is a faculty member at Bennington College, teaching the histories of art with an emphasis on gender, sexuality, historiography, Critical Race Theory, and post/colonial relationships in Spanish, Flemish, and Transatlantic visual culture. She is the Director of Bennington’s Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS), a venue for introducing the College community to the work of emerging and internationally renowned artists, curators, and scholars from underrepresented backgrounds.
celebrates the writing and poetry of Bennington College faculty, staff, and alumni in the collection of Crossett Library.
