Pentimento Judith Butler Born in New York City

Born in New York City only fifteen months apart

Butler offers us a hopeful work of social and political analysis that is both timely and timeless―a book whose verve and rigor only they could deliver

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels

While Stephen lives a good life―that is

Pentimento Judith Butler Born in New York CityFrom an Italian word meaning " to repent," a pentimento is an instance in painting when traces of an artist's earlier decisions or mistakes are visible through the final layer(s) of paint. Using modes of confession, ekphrasis, and biblical persona, Pentimento excavates a queerness entangled in one's faith tradition. Whether seeking to understand his relationship to god, friends, or family, Garcia interrogates questions that arise on the path to self