Sarah Kain Gutowski
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Friday, Feb. 9:
Women of New Fabulism and Speculative Literature
Kansas City Convention Center
Room 3501AB, Level 3
10:35-11:50 a.m.
Fabulism and speculative literature have long employed the bizarre, unexpected, and impossible to better reflect human experience. Recent political and societal changes, such as anti-trans laws, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the attack on no-fault divorce make the seemingly impossible much more expected, and these genres feel increasingly relevant and prescient. Join us for a reading by writers who use the weird to reflect on what it means to be female in an increasingly fraught world.
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Friday, Feb. 9:
(More than) Crisis and Loss: Writing Female Mid-life,
Kansas City Convention Center, Bookfair Stage, F189
12:15 - 1:30 p.m
Illness, grief, divorce, burnout: the years between forty and fifty (and beyond) can be particularly fraught for women—but female midlife and its attendant crises and discoveries are rarely depicted honestly or directly in popular culture. Join us for a reading by poets whose work addresses the realities of these years, which may include epiphanies and crises of love and faith, but also feature a second coming-of-age and a more confident and assured sense of self.
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Saturday, Feb. 10:
Placing Words, Part 2: The Writers Place PresentsSix Writers
The Writer’s Place, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
31 W 31st St, Kansas City, MO 64108
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