Let’s Demand the Impossible
November 7, 2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM America/Chicago
Location
University Hall, Room-2028
Address
601 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607, Chicago, IL 60607
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GWS is proud to co-sponsor this event organized by the the UIC English Department alongside, Women's Leadership and Resource Center (WLRC) and the Speculative Literature Foundation!
Event Description:
Let’s Demand the Impossible: Alec Nevala-Lee (author of SF biography Astounding) interviews Alec Pollak, editor of Joanna Russ's classic On Strike Against God, a darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning. Joined by Mary Anne Mohanraj, Clinical Prof. of English,UIC.
Date and Time:
Thursday, November 7, 2024
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location:
University Hall 2028
601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL
Additional Event:
Join Alec Pollak and Mary Anne Mohanraj for a reading at AfterWords Bookstore
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: 23 E. Illinois Street, Chicago, IL
About the Speakers:
- Alec Nevala-Lee is an American biographer, novelist, and science fiction writer, and a Hugo and Locus Award finalist for Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
- Alec Pollak is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the impact of literary estates, archival management, and intellectual property law on the legacies of 20th-century authors. Her writing has been published in MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (winner of the 2022 Katharine Newman Best Essay Award), Feminist Theory, LA Review of Books, and Yale Review.
- Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of The Stars Change and founder of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning speculative literature magazine Strange Horizons. She serves as Executive Director of the Speculative Literature Foundation (speclit.org).
Refreshments:
Light refreshments will be served.
Please contact the English Dept. with any questions or access requests: english@uic.edu or (312) 413-2239.
Date posted
Nov 4, 2024
Date updated
Nov 5, 2024