Ames Hawkins

Ames Hawkins is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago. They authored the award-winning work of literary nonfiction, These are Love(d) Letters.

All essays by Ames Hawkins

The Collective Essay: Stayci TaylorOliver ShawFrancesca Rendle-ShortPeta MurrayKim MunroBrigid MagnerAmes HawkinsMelody Ellison the ecstasy of 'togetherness itself'

Collaborative effervescence through communitas

Bringing together three creative collaborations, an ensemble of writers and researchers orchestrate the ecstasy of ‘togetherness itself’.

Jun. 2023 • • The Collective

Domesticity and Care Essay: Ames Hawkinson queer kinship

Kin-as-Ethics, Too!

As I begin to write kin and ethics no one writes to me. It’s a day or so into 2022 and the Omicron variant blazes across the globe and the containers that I so wanted to hold – physical distancing, vaccinations, testing kits – seem to be more porous than ever.