PERFORMANCE:
IMPROBABLE RESEARCH DRAMATIC READINGS
ROLE: PERFORMER
DESCRIPTION:
Highlights from Ig Nobel Prize–winning studies and patents are presented in dramatic mini-readings by luminaries and experts (in some field).
Saturday, August 14th, 8 PM
Duration: 1 HOUR
PANEL:
OLD WOMAN’S WAR
ROLE: MODERATOR
DESCRIPTION:
In an 2019 essay in Nature Sylvia Spruck Wrigley wrote about the dearth of older female characters in science fiction, the treatment of the few who do exist, and how those trends reflect the ageism, sexism, and other biases of the here and now. How can we change this dynamic? What can science fiction learn from fantasy, which often includes wise and powerful older women—and why hasn’t science fiction borrowed those ideas and characters already?
Sunday, August 15th, 3 PM
Duration: 1 HOUR
READING
SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER
ROLE: AUTHOR
DESCRIPTION:
I will be reading from my forthcoming novel SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER!
Sunday, August 15th, 3:30 PM
Duration: 30 Minutes (really, it’s more like 22!)
