Amy Wilson.
There will be blood. West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences instructor Amy Wilson will release the book, The Bite, The Breast, and The Blood: Why Vampires Suck Us In (McFarland) in 2018. And with Halloween approaching, Wilson explores the love affair the American culture has with those night stalking bloodsuckers.
Quotes and
Comments.
"We're looking for the natural in the very
unnatural, the vampire story triggering in us primal desires we spend much of
our lives trying to satisfy: namely, the need to bond with our makers.” –Amy Wilson, instructor of
English.
"In biting our necks, the vampire metaphorically penetrates us. In sucking our blood, he becomes one with us.” – From The Bite, The Breast, and The Blood: Why Vampires Suck Us In, by Amy Wilson, instructor of English.
Resources.
Amy
Wilson, instructor of English
Target audiences.
Vampire
lovers
Horror book and movie lovers
English professors
Halloween fanatics
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Contact:
Amy Wilson, instructor of English,
awilso51@mix.wvu.edu
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