Judith B. Kerman
Professor of English
Appointed to SVSU in 1991
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A. State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A. University of Rochester
ARTICLES
"Masks as Liminal Objects: Fantastic Aspects of Personality." The New York Review of Science Fiction 223 (March 2007): 11-18.
The article is a study of the social and psychological dynamics underlying the widespread use of masks in human cultures, with examples from science fiction and fantasy literature in which masks are an important element.
"Mehitzah." Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 23.2 (Fall 2007): 85-86.
EDITED PUBLICATIONS
Editor, designer and publisher, Mayapple Press, Bay City, Michigan, 2007:
The Book of Clown Baby/Figures from the Big Time Circus Book, by Gerry LaFemina.
Fever, by John Repp.
Frost Lights a Thin Flame, by James Owens.
House, by Mariela Griffor.
Instead, by David Lunde.
I Would Stay Forever If I Could and New Poems, by Larry Levy.
Lands I Live In, by Zilka Joseph.
Out of the Garden, by Kathryn Kirkpatrick.
Parts That Were Once Whole, by Nancy Botkin.
Poemas Callejeros/Streetwise Poems, by Johanny Vázquez Paz.
The Sky Over Walgreens, by Chris Green.
Taking Notice, by Patricia McNair.
POETRY
"Canto Extraño" and "Re:volución." Mad Hatter's Review, July 2007, www.madhattersreview.com/issue8/index.shtml.
"Packing Cherry Cordials." Buffalo News, 7 October 2007.
TRANSLATION
"Eva/Sion/s," by Sherezada (Chiqui) Vicioso. In Eva/Sión/Es (trilingual: Spanish, English, French), 43-64. St. Martin, Caribbean: House of Nehesi Publishers, 2007.
PERFORMANCES
Carnaval in the Dominican Republic, photo show, mask exhibit and video. A City Studio, Bay City, Michigan, May 2007. Video also at Hell's Half Mile Film Festival, Bay City, Michigan, October 2007.
Poetry readings:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, November 2007.
Grey Hair series. Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, October 2007.
Rustbelt Roethke Professional Writers' Retreat. Creative Spirit Center, Midland, Michigan, July 2007.
Poetry Follies. Grosse Pointe Artists, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, May 2007.
Ann Arbor Book Festival. Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2007.
G's Café. West Branch, Michigan, April 2007.
First Thursday Gallery Walk: The Art of Poetry. Bay City, Michigan, April 2007.
Manatee Community College. Bradenton, Florida, February 2007.