Ashon Crawley Explained

Ashon T. Crawley is an American scholar of religion, author, and multidisciplinary artist. He is Professor of Religious Studies and African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia and author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility on aesthetics and performance as modes of social imagination,[1] [2] [3] [4] and The Lonely Letters, an epistolary, semi-autobiographical work on love, blackness, mysticism, and quantum theory.[5] [6] The Lonely Letters won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction[7] and the Believer Book Award for nonfiction[8] Crawley is currently working on two books about the Hammond Organ’s historical role in the Black Church and social life.[9] [10]

Education

Crawley earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, then received a master of theological studies from Emory University in 2007. In 2013, completed his PhD at Duke University.

Bibliography

Awards and honors

!Year!Award!Result!Ref.
2019Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies AwardWinner[11]
2020Believer Book Award for NonfictionWinner
2021Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ NonfictionWinner

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Notes and References

  1. Scott. Mikana. 2017-07-01. Book Review: Blackpentecostal breath: The aesthetics of possibility. Journal of Black Studies. en. 48. 5. 528–531. 10.1177/0021934717706973. 152085028 . 0021-9347. 2021-05-18. 2021-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519124811/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0021934717706973. live.
  2. Shelley. Braxton. 2020-02-29. Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility. Yale Journal of Music & Religion. 5. 2. 10.17132/2377-231X.1183. 2377-231X. 2021-05-18. 2021-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518164311/https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yjmr/vol5/iss2/12/. live. free.
  3. Félix-Jäger. Steven. 2017-01-01. Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility, written by Ashon T. Crawley. Pneuma. en. 39. 3. 391–394. 10.1163/15700747-03903007. 0272-0965. 2021-05-18. 2021-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518164324/https://brill.com/view/journals/pneu/39/3/article-p391_16.xml. live.
  4. Johnson. Jasmine. 2017. Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility by Ashon Crawley (review). Dance Research Journal. 49. 2. 109–111. 10.1017/S0149767717000274 . 193934828 . 1940-509X.
  5. Chevan . Jesse . View of Crawley, Ashon. 2020. The Lonely Letters. Durham: Duke University Press. Current Musicology . Current Musicology . Spring 2020 . 106 . 18 May 2021 . 19 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210519124746/https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/6761/3527 . live .
  6. Pak . Yumi . The Lonely Letters by Ashon T. Crawley (review) . American Studies . 2020 . 59 . 2 . 57–58 . 10.1353/ams.2020.0017 . 242439770 . 18 May 2021 . 2153-6856.
  7. Web site: 2021 Winners. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602002521/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/2021-winners/. 2021-06-02. 2021-06-02. Lambda Literary. en.
  8. Web site: 2020 Believer Book Award Winners and Finalists. 2021-05-18. Believer Magazine. en-US. 2021-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518145530/https://believermag.com/logger/2020-believer-book-award-winners-and-finalists/. live.
  9. Web site: Department of Religious Studies. 18 May 2021. religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu. University of Virginia. 18 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518165750/https://religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/atc8g. live.
  10. Web site: Ashon Thomas Crawley • Faculty Directory. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519124813/https://facultydirectory.virginia.edu/faculty/atc8g. 2021-05-19. 2021-05-18. University of Virginia.
  11. Web site: Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award Winners. 2022-01-10. American Musicological Society.

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