Eileen G'Sell, a senior lecturer in college writing at Washington University, has published four public scholarship pieces this month.

• Writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books, G'Sell features three recent works that exemplify what she terms "the poetry of embarrassment," or the exploration of "overlooked, nuanced, or less spectacular affects such as embarrassment, boredom, or annoyance." Her essay covers The Leniad by Nathaniel Rosenthalis, Midwood by Jana Prikryl, and The Shining by Dorothea Lasky.
   
• In Jacobin, G'Sell reviews My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains by Jessa Crispin and Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V. Reeves. She notes that both books share a "provocative empathy" for contemporary masculinity instead of simply pathologizing it.
   
• Writing in the Fall 2023 edition of The Hopkins Review, G'Sell explores the successes and shortcomings of Disney's 2023 remake of The Little Mermaid. She colors the essay with recollections of her instant connection with the original film, which released in 1989 when she was 10 years old.
   
• In the Museum of the Moving Image's Reverse Shot blog, G'Sell revisits the 2009 film White Material, directed by Claire Denis.