Article

Spurlin, William J (2010) Heterosexual Africa? The history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS. African Studies Review, 53 (3). pp. 159-162. ISSN 0002-0206

Spurlin, William J (2010) resisting heteronormativity/resisting recolonisation: affective bonds between indigenous women in southern Africa and the difference(s) of postcolonial feminist history. Feminist Review, 95. pp. 10-26. ISSN 0141-7789

Spurlin, William (2008) [Review] Neville Hoad (2007) African intimacies: race, homosexuality, and globalization. African Studies Review, 51 (3). pp. 201-204. ISSN 0002-0206

Spurlin, William J (2008) Postcolonial/queer and the "new" South Africa: HIV/AIDS and emerging queer transnational politics. Etudes Anglaises, 61 (3). pp. 360-370. ISSN 0014-195X

Spurlin, William (2004) Rethinking the politics of race, gender, and sexuality: the critical reception of Baldwin's 'Go tell it on the mountain' in the Cold War imaginary and in US black nationalism. MAWA Review, 19 (1). pp. 58-70. ISSN 0742-9738

Spurlin, William J (2002) Theorizing queer pedagogy in English studies after the 1990s. College English, 65 (1). pp. 9-16. ISSN 0010-0994

Spurlin, William (1994) (Homo-) sexuality and (post-) analytic theory: gay and lesbian subjectivity as a site of cultural struggle. Literature and Psychology (SUMMER). pp. 167-174. ISSN 0024-4759

Spurlin, William (1993) Questioning the subject: reading, identity construction, and psychoanalytic theories of subjectivity. Literature and Psychology. pp. 17-24. ISSN 0024-4759

Spurlin, William J (1990) Theorizing signifyin(g) and the role of the reader: possible directions for African-American literary criticism. College English, 52 (7). pp. 732-742. ISSN 0010-0994

Book Section

Spurlin, William (2010) Sexual/cultural hybridity in the new South Africa: emergent sites of transnational queer politics. In: Aaron, Jane, Atlink, Henrice and Weedon, Chris (eds.) Gendering border studies. Gender Studies in Wales . University of Wales Press, Cardiff. ISBN 9780708321706

Spurlin, William J (2008) 'Rein bleiben und reif werden!': nazisme et racialisation du désir homoérotique. In: Zoberman, Pierre (ed.) Queer: Écritures de la différence?: Autres temps, autres lieux. Harmattan, Paris, pp. 153-162. ISBN 9782296067769

Spurlin, William (2006) Pour un nouveau tracé des frontières du littéraire et du politique: politique textuelle/sexuelle dans la 'Nouvelle' Afrique du Sud. In: Garnier, Xavier and Zoberman, Pierre (eds.) Qu'est-ce qu'un espace littéraire? Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, pp. 97-112. ISBN 9782842921859

Spurlin, William (2006) 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' and Cold War tropes of national belonging: homoerotic desire and the redeployment of betrayal under black nationalism. In: Henderson, Carol E (ed.) James Baldwin's 'Go Tell It on the Mountain': historical and critical essays. Peter Lang Publishing, pp. 29-40. ISBN 9780820481586

Spurlin, William J (2005) 'I'd rather be the princess than the queen!': mourning Diana as a gay icon. In: Morland, Iain and Willox, Annabelle (eds.) Queer theory. Readers in Cultural Criticism . Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 158-170. ISBN 9781403916945

Spurlin, William (2002) Audre Lorde. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history. Vol II: from world war II to the present day (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9780415291613

Spurlin, William (2002) Willa Cather. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from antiquity to the mid-twentieth century. Routledge. ISBN 9780415159838

Spurlin, William (2002) Adrienne Rich. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from World War II to the present day. Routledge, London & New York. ISBN 9780415291613

Spurlin, William (2002) Gertrude Stein. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from antiquity to World War II. Routledge, pp. 419-421. ISBN 9780415159838

Spurlin, William J (2001) Adrienne Rich. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from World War II to the present day. Routledge, London & New York, pp. 351-352. ISBN 9780415229746

Spurlin, William (2001) Audre Lorde. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from World War II to the present day. Routledge, London ; New York, pp. 250-251. ISBN 9780415229746

Spurlin, William J (2001) Broadening postcolonial studies/decolonizing queer studies: emerging 'queer' identities and cultures in Southern Africa. In: Hawley, John C (ed.) Postcolonial, queer: theoretical intersections. State University of New York Press, Albany, pp. 185-205. ISBN 9780791450918

Spurlin, William (2001) Willa Cather. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: from antiquity to World War II. Routledge, London ; New York, pp. 89-91. ISBN 9780415159821

Spurlin, William (2000) Gertrude Stein. In: Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Garry (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history. Vol I: Ffrom antiquity to World War II. Routledge, pp. 419-421. ISBN 9780415159821

Spurlin, William (2000) Remapping same-sex desire: queer writing and culture in the American heartland. In: Shuttleton, David, Watt, Diane and Phillips, Richard (eds.) De-centring sexualities: politics and representations beyond the metropolis. Routledge, London, pp. 182-198. ISBN 9780415194655

Spurlin, William J (1999) Culture, rhetoric, and queer identity: James Baldwin and the identity politics of race and sexuality. In: McBride, Dwight A (ed.) James Baldwin now. New York University Press, New York & London, pp. 103-121. ISBN 9780814756188

Spurlin, William J and Fisher, Michael (1995) Afterword: an interview with Cleanth Brooks. In: Spurlin, William J and Fischer, Michael (eds.) The new criticism and contemporary literary theory: connections and continuities. Garland, New York, pp. 365-383. ISBN 9780815314592

Spurlin, William J (1995) Introduction: the new criticism in contemporary theory. In: Spurlin, William J and Fischer, Michael (eds.) The new criticism and contemporary literary theory: connections and continuities. Garland, New York, xvii-xxix. ISBN 9780815314592

Spurlin, William (1995) New critical and reader-oriented theories of reading: shared views on the role of the reader. In: Spurlin, William J and Fischer, Michael (eds.) The new criticism and contemporary literary theory: connections and continuities. Garland Publishing, New York, pp. 229-245. ISBN 9780815314592

Book

Spurlin, William J (2009) Lost intimacies: rethinking homosexuality under national socialism. Gender, sexuality & culture, 4 . Peter Lang, New York. ISBN 9780820478920

Spurlin, William J (2007) Imperialism within the margins: queer representation and the politics of culture in southern Africa. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 9781403974136

Edited Book

Hayes, Jarrod, Higonnet, Margaret R. and Spurlin, William J., eds. (2010) Comparatively Queer: Interrogating Identities Across Time and Cultures. Pelgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230104365

Spurlin, William J, ed. (2000) Lesbian and day studies and the teaching of English: positions, pedagogies, and cultural politics. National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Ill, xxxiii + 326. ISBN 9780814127940

Spurlin, Prof William, Osborne, KL and Spurlin, WJ, eds. (1996) Reclaiming the Heartland: Lesbian and Gay Voices from the Midwest. University of Minnesota Press, xxv + 227.

Spurlin, Prof William, Spurlin, WJ and Fischer, M, eds. (1995) The New Criticism and Contemporary Literary Theory: Connections and Continuities. Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History, and Culture . Taylor & Francis, xxix + 432.

Edited Special Journal Issue

Spurlin, William, ed. (2002) Lesbian and gay studies/queer pedagogies. College English, 65 (1). ISSN 0010-0994