Brave New Worlds:

Telling our stories in a time of erasure and censorship.

As queer writers, we have learned that embracing the diversity of our cultural experiences and identity informs the ways we write and the stories we tell. But these are dark days, and we need literature that can lift us up and give us hope. How do the current political and cultural climates impact the types of stories writers need to tell, and what genres we use to tell them? What are the impacts of threats of reprisal and erasure? Is there still a place for Happily Ever After narratives? What do those conventions even look like for our literary community today? Tomorrow?

Join Bywater Books authors Samara Breger, Anna Burke, Cheryl A. Head, and Ann McMan in an important and thoughtful discussion moderated by Carol Rosenfeld.

This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.