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SUMMARY:Let’s Demand the Impossible
DESCRIPTION: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. | Event post: https://gws.uic.edu/events?page_id=6316
LOCATION:University Hall, Room-2028 601 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607  Chicago IL 60607
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