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TONIGHT I'm moderating what promises to be an amazing panel at the Center for Fiction: Samuel R. Delany, Andrea Hairston, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carlos Hernandez, Steve Berman & I discuss "Outsiders in/of SF/F" - yep, it's coded for "queer & people of color" - but I want to go beyond the usual stuff, and give folks a sense of history as well as of personal experience & mission. 7 pm at Center for Fiction - admission free, though you'll be invited to donate $5 if you can - and you can reserve your spot by RSVP'ing here. There will be wine & book-signing after.
WEDS. the action moves to my beloved Rubin Museum of Art, for what should be a smokin' hot finale to the Center's Le Guin/Earthsea Big Read month:
"From Urdu Epic and Tibetan Sorcerers to Today: Fantasy in Tibetan and World Literature"
With moderator Elizabeth Hand's permission, I have copied here her preliminary instructions to the panelists (John Crowley, Paul Witcover, Andrew Quintman & Hamid Darbashi), to give you a taste of what's to come:
"As this is tied to the Center for Fiction/Big Read's celebration of Ursula Le Guin's contemporary classic A Wizard of Earthsea, it seems appropriate to have our discussion begin with the sorcerer, one of the most ancient and universal figures in human history and art.
"This season is one of the cross-quarters of the ritual year in many cultures, rich with with folklore and ceremonies that celebrate the harvest and transitions between autumn and winter, life and death. Sorcerers and shamans, holy men and women — supernatural figures of many types — often possess the ability to make these liminal crossings.
"As everyone on our panel will approach this subject from a quite different perspective, I'd like to start by having each one [panelist] share, campfire-style, a tale, legend or myth, that involves sorcerers, sorcery, ritual magic, religion, mythology, and so on. We have a very broad palette to draw from, so the choice is yours. We'll have plenty of time for more expansive discussion and comments, as well as questions from our audience."
Tix are $12 - but I can comp you! If you'd like a free ticket, go HERE , click on RSVP, and in the MESSAGE section, type in code: EKSF . Your ticket also includes 6:15 p.m. tour of the exhibition Once Upon Many Times: Legends and Myths in Himalayan Art, which is well worth seeing. And there's a great little snack /drinks bar there.
Hope to see you at the Center tonight, and the Rubin Museum on Wednesday at 7:00!
WEDS. the action moves to my beloved Rubin Museum of Art, for what should be a smokin' hot finale to the Center's Le Guin/Earthsea Big Read month:
"From Urdu Epic and Tibetan Sorcerers to Today: Fantasy in Tibetan and World Literature"
With moderator Elizabeth Hand's permission, I have copied here her preliminary instructions to the panelists (John Crowley, Paul Witcover, Andrew Quintman & Hamid Darbashi), to give you a taste of what's to come:
"As this is tied to the Center for Fiction/Big Read's celebration of Ursula Le Guin's contemporary classic A Wizard of Earthsea, it seems appropriate to have our discussion begin with the sorcerer, one of the most ancient and universal figures in human history and art.
"This season is one of the cross-quarters of the ritual year in many cultures, rich with with folklore and ceremonies that celebrate the harvest and transitions between autumn and winter, life and death. Sorcerers and shamans, holy men and women — supernatural figures of many types — often possess the ability to make these liminal crossings.
"As everyone on our panel will approach this subject from a quite different perspective, I'd like to start by having each one [panelist] share, campfire-style, a tale, legend or myth, that involves sorcerers, sorcery, ritual magic, religion, mythology, and so on. We have a very broad palette to draw from, so the choice is yours. We'll have plenty of time for more expansive discussion and comments, as well as questions from our audience."
Tix are $12 - but I can comp you! If you'd like a free ticket, go HERE , click on RSVP, and in the MESSAGE section, type in code: EKSF . Your ticket also includes 6:15 p.m. tour of the exhibition Once Upon Many Times: Legends and Myths in Himalayan Art, which is well worth seeing. And there's a great little snack /drinks bar there.
Hope to see you at the Center tonight, and the Rubin Museum on Wednesday at 7:00!