Oct 27, 4:30 PM: Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang: Reading and discussion

Thursday, October 27 | 4:30-6:00pm The LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists’ Salon present Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang: Reading and discussion CSGS – 5733 S University Avenue, Community Room Lily Hoang reads from A Bestiary and Jackie Wang reads poetry, followed by a discussion with Professor Lauren Berlant (English). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Followed by… Friday, October 28 | 12:00-1:30pm Workshop: “Feeling Out of Space: Trauma Monsters and Magic” CSGS – 5733 S University Avenue, First Floor Seminar Room In this collaborative workshop Lily Hoang and Jackie Wang will use hands-on activities and writing exercises to explore the themes lostness, monstrous subjectivity, and magic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lily Hoang is the author of five books, including A Bestiary (winner of the inaugural Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s Nonfiction Contest) and Changing (recipient of a PEN Open Books Award). With Joshua Marie Wilkinson, she edited the anthology The Force of What’s Possible: Writers on Accessibility and the Avant-Garde. She is Director of the MFA program at New Mexico State University. She serves as Editor at Puerto del Sol and for Jaded Ibis Press. Jackie Wang is a writer, filmmaker, performer, and prison abolitionist based out of Cambridge, MA. She is the author of Tiny Spelunker of the Oneiro-Womb (Capricious) and “Against Innocence” (Semiotex(e)). She writes dream-inspired poetry and is a doctoral student at Harvard University. Find her @LoneberryWang and loneberry.tumblr.com. Both the lecture and workshop are free and open to the public. Part of the LGBTQ Studies Project and the Artists' Salon at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

Date: October 27, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

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