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The Art & Activism Panel
Sat, 1:00–2:15 pm
Room 623
Susan Simensky Bietila, Gyan Davies, Gwynne Garfinkle, Lauren Jankowski, Eddie Schneider

How do we as creators tell stories that make a point without becoming didactic or preachy? What works, what doesn't? Where does our art intersect with our political realities? Is art a lullaby or wake up call? Can it be both? We'll ponder these questions and more on this panel.

Open Secrets: a Speculative Poetry Reading
Sat, 2:30–3:45 pm
Senate B
Lisa Bradley, Amal El-Mohtar, Gwynne Garfinkle, Nancy Hightower, Kathrin Köhler, Shira Lipkin, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Elizabeth R. McClellan, Julia Rios, S. Brackett Robertson, Sofia Samatar

Members of the Secret Poetry Cabal (a speculative poetry group) will read their work.

Revisiting How To Suppress Women's Writing
Sun, 1:00–2:15 pm
Capitol B
Nancy Jane Moore, Gwynne Garfinkle, Eileen Gunn, Sheree Renée Thomas, Batya Susan Weinbaum

In 1983, Joanna Russ published How To Suppress Women's Writing, an essential guide to the rhetoric and strategies of dismissal and oppression. Thirty years later, let's reconsider this important work. Have things changed, for the better or worse? Is Russ's analysis still helpful? Who else has contributed to our understanding of the barriers to women's publishing? What new tools have we developed to support women's writing?

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I'm especially looking forward to the poetry reading!