Homofiles: Theory, Sexuality, and Graduate Studies, edited by Jes Battis, is collection of essays that showcase current writings by gay, lesbian, and transgender graduate students and which explores the unique intersections between graduate studies, sexuality, and embodiment within the humanities, including the gendered performance of the university teaching assistant.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Homofiles: Desire, Praxis, and Pedagogy Part 2 Part One Chapter 3 Chapter One: There Are Transsexuals in Our Middle Schools! Chapter 4 Chapter Two: "It Is about Geography and Memory": Coming to Voice with/in/out Academia Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Rhetorics of Disgust and Indeterminacy in Transphobic Acts of Violence Chapter 6 Chapter Four: "A New Hope": The Psychic Life of Passing Part 7 Part Two Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Fuck/The Police: Queering Narratives of Police Brutality in Post 9-11 New York Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Read at Your Own Risk Chapter 10 Chapter Seven: Realizations about Connections: A Literacy/Teaching Narrative Part 11 Part Three Chapter 12 Chapter Eight: Not Fab Enough: Consumer Gay Identity and the Politics of Representation Chapter 13 Chapter Nine: Don't Dream It, Be It: Cult(ure), Fetishism and Spectacle in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and King Lear Chapter 14 Chapter Ten: Suddenly Last Semester: What Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer Taught Me About Queer Dis-Ease Chapter 15 About the Contributors

Edited by Jes Battis - Contributions by Billy Clem; Brianne Colon; Marty Fink; Loren Krywanzcyk; Bradley Houston Lane; Em McAvan; Jennifer Mitchell; Marcos Moldes; C Riley Snorton and Nicholas Wright