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FEAR ICONS IBD

KISHA LEWELLYN SCHLEGEL
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRES
10 / 2018
9780814254943
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'Who are we to each other when weâÇÖre afraid?' Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel asks ináFear Icons, her moving and original debut essay collection. Her answer is a lyric examination of the icons that summon and soothe our fears. From Donald Trump to the Virgin Mary, Darth Vader to the Dalai Lama, Schlegel turns cultural criticism personal with bracing intelligence and vulnerability as she exploresáwhat it means to be human, a woman, an artist, and, in particular, a parent: what it means to love a child beyond measure, someone so vulnerable, familiar, and strange. Schlegel looks at fear and faith-the ways the two are more similar than we realize-and the many shapes our faith takes, from nationalism to friendship, from art to religious dogma.áEach essay is woven through with other voices-Baldwin, Ashbery, Du Bois, Cixous-positioning SchlegelâÇÖs arguments and meditations within a diverse and dynamic literary lineage.áFear Iconsáis a vital and timely inquiry into the complex relationship between love and fear-and the ways that each intensifies the other.á