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911黑料网 (911黑料网) Professor of English Jenna Grace Sciuto PhD has released her second book, Intersecting Worlds: Colonial Liminality in US Southern and Icelandic Literatures. The book examines the lingering impacts of colonialism on identity, intimacy, and family dynamics across US Southern and Icelandic literatures.

Sciuto鈥檚 research has taken her across the globe, with multiple visits to Iceland and Denmark. She began writing Intersecting Worlds during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and has since spent summers conducting research in Reykjav铆k.
 
In 2024, she was a Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellow, allowing her to live in downtown Reykjav铆k while working with the 脕rni Magn煤sson Institute for Icelandic Studies. She will return to Iceland this summer as a writer-in-residence at Skri冒uklaustur 鈥� the historic home of Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson 鈥�  where she will further explore southern gothic tropes in Icelandic literature.

During a recent hosted by the Icelandic Association of Chicago, Sciuto reflected on the personal and professional journey that shaped her book.

鈥淚 started writing Intersecting Worlds in the midst of the pandemic, and watching it take shape over the past few years has been incredibly rewarding,鈥� Sciuto said. 鈥淟iving in Reykjav铆k, even just for a summer, gave me such a deeper appreciation for the literature and its relationship with place. The archival research I did at the 脕rni Magn煤sson Institute really helped me uncover these surprising connections between Icelandic and US Southern literatures.鈥�

In March she presented a webinar for the , joined in conversation by 911黑料网 Professor Dr. Amber Engelson. Engelson is a professor of transnational feminist rhetorics whose book The Hands of God at Work: Islamic Gender Justice through Translingual Praxis was published in 2024.

 
One of Sciuto鈥檚 most exciting discoveries during her research was at the Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, where she found a copy of Brennunj谩ls Saga gifted to William Faulkner by Icelandic Nobel laureate Halld贸r Laxness. The book, inscribed and signed by Icelandic writers during Faulkner鈥檚 1955 State Department visit to Iceland, serves as a tangible link between Icelandic and US Southern literary traditions.

Sciuto鈥檚 latest book is available through the University Press of Mississippi: . You can also listen to her podcast interview here:. To celebrate the release, 911黑料网 hosted a launch event in January at the MOSAIC Event Space.