Extras

“Making it Through: A Conversation with Kelly J. Baker,” The Rumpus (December 30, 2020): Sarah Boon interviews Kelly about Final Girl, bravery, likability, and what it was like being a survivor. “What to Read When You Want to Think About Survival,” The Rumpus (Nov. 6, 2020): Kelly writes about the eight books that helped her think […]

“Kelly J. Baker with Sexism Ed,” Midtown Reader Blog (March 2019): People imagine that because higher education is more progressive, more liberal, sexism isn’t as much of a problem; Baker said they’re wrong. “Book Review: Sexism Ed by Kelly J. Baker,” Dósis (July 17, 2018): At its best, Sexism Ed intertwines personal narrative and concrete research. Even when

“Kelly Baker on “The Good White People” Problem,” The Chauncey DeVega Show (January 14, 2017): In this week’s episode of the podcast, Kelly and Chauncey talk about the “good white people” problem and racism, white identity politics and Donald Trump, the history of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as the various genres of hate

“Kelly Baker’s Dreams Resonate in Grace Period,” Tallahassee Democrat (January 27, 2018): As much as “Grace Period” is a memoir about Kelly Baker’s transition out of academia, it is a book about dreams: what they give us, what they take from us, how they break us, and how they re-make us. “Tuesday Chat: Kelly J.

“A Century Ago, White Protestantism Marched on Washington,” New York Times (Feb. 7, 2021): Kelly J. Baker is a writer and scholar of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. She sees frightening similarities between that culture and the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6. “A White Christian Nationalist Coup Long in the Making

Losing Our Selves, But Never Getting Lost There’s a book both of my kids love for me to read to them, The Monster Who Lost His Mean (2012). The Monster loses his customary “M”, which is where his Mean comes from. Now, he’s just the “Onster.” Instantly, he becomes a social pariah. None of the other Monsters