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The 2023 Recipient of the Felicia Campbell Innovative Contributions to Popular Culture Studies Award, Heather Duerre Humann is a writer and professor.

She is the author of six books: Domestic Abuse in the Novels of African American Women: A Critical Study (2014), Gender Bending Detective Fiction: A Critical Analysis of Selected Works (2017), Another Me: The Doppelgänger in 21st Century Fiction, Television, and Film (2018), Reality Simulation in Science Fiction Literature, Film, and Television (2019), A Tale Told by a Machine: The AI Narrator in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels (2023), and Western Science Fiction Literature in the 21st Century (2025).

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	Home Girls Make Some Noise!: Hip Hop Feminism Anthology by Gwendolyn D. Pough (Editor), Elaine Richardson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aisha S. Durham (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Performance Identities of Lady Gaga: Critical Essays by Richard J. Gray II (editor), Mathieu Deflem, Elizabeth Kate Switaj 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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