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(Trans)cend: Trans Poetics in the Age of Anti-Transness

  • Kansas City Convention Center 301 West 13th Street Kansas City, MO, 64105 United States (map)

This event is an official event at the AWP Conference.

Poets:

KB Brookins, K. Iver, Evelyn Berry, Kay E. Bancroft, SG Huerta

Event Description:

The world doesn’t know what to do with us. Publishers, politicians, etc.—everyone is wondering what transness is, why it exists, and projecting fears onto trans people in the process. So, what is the role of a trans writer, and how can we be free today? On this panel, trans writers discuss gender/genre, theme, tokenization, and how audiences do/don’t engage with trans writing. Through performance and conversation, this panel explores the state of trans lit to get to a future where trans people live.

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