Jan Guenther Braun is a Canadian writer from Osler, Saskatchewan. Braun is best known for her 2008 novel Somewhere Else, which is considered an important early work of Queer Mennonite literature. She has also published poetry and literary criticism
Braun lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba for many years, where she received a degree in theology at Canadian Mennonite University. She currently works at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario.
References
- Cruz, Daniel Shank (2019). "Searching for Selfhood in Jan Guenther Braun's Somewhere Else". Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community. Penn State Press. pp. 47–63. ISBN 9780271084428.
- Martin Kuester (2012). Lesbian Mennonite Writing and Collective Memory. Engaging with Literature of Commitment. Volume 2: The Worldly Scholar. doi:10.1163/9789401207850_010.
- Milne, Heather (2009). "Somewhere Else". Journal of Mennonite Studies. 27: 251–252.
- "Jan Guenther Braun". ARP Books. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- "Queer Sex at Bible College". Rhubarb. 2013.
- "Queer and Mennonite? ? Off the clock with Jan Guenther Braun". University of Toronto. 2014-07-17. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links
- Official site Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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