New Collection Edited by Prof. Balaka Basu

Congratulations to Prof. Balaka Basu on the publication of her new collection, The Harry Potter Generation: Essays on Growing Up with the Series. The book is published with McFarland Press and the co-editor of the collection is Emily Lauer, Asociate Professor of English at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island.

The generation of readers most heavily impacted by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series—those who grew up alongside “the boy who lived”—have come of age. They are poised to become teachers, parents, critics and writers, and many of their views and choices will be influenced by the literary revolution in which they were immersed. This collection of new essays explores the many different ways in which Harry Potter has shaped this generation’s views on everything from politics to identity to pedagogical spaces online. It seeks to determine how the books have affected fans’ understanding of their place in the world and their capacity to create it anew.