On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., at 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY, the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the literary journal Conjunctions will co-host a free gathering of writers and editors .Participants will wread from Tiptree’s letters to science fiction author Joanna Russ, and will discuss the importance of Tiptree’s work to their reading and writing lives. Almost all of the Tiptree/Russ letters were published for the first time this fall in Conjunctions:67, Other Aliens
The event marks the first-ever public reading from Tiptree’s correspondence.
Speakers will include Deb Edel, Bradford Morrow; Micaela Morrissette; Nicole Nyhan; Ashley-Luisa Santangelo; Ellen Datlow; and Tiptree-Award winner Caitlín R. Kiernan.
Seating is first come, first served. Light refreshments will be served, and copies of Other Aliens will be available for sale. Optional $10 donations to the LHA are welcome. The space is fully accessible to those with physical disabilities.