S148. When Safe Spaces Aren't: (Re)Imagining for a Multicultural Creative Space
Saturday, February 11, 2017
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Participants
Alyss Dixson is an award winning writer-producer. She studied comparative literature at Yale, film at Columbia University, and creative writing at SFSU. She won the Joseph Henry Jackson award, fellowships from Cave Canem Foundation and Callaloo Workshop, and she has been published in Callaloo, Day One, and the Atlantic.
Jennifer Baker is creator/host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, current panel organizer & former social media manager for We Need Diverse Books, social media director/writing instructor for Sackett Street Writers Workshop, and contributing writer to Forbes.com. She has also moderated various panels.
Amy Lam is a contributing editor at Bitch Media. She is the cohost of the podcast Backtalk, Kundiman fellow, and a MFA candidate at Ole Miss.
Metta Sáma is author of the year we turned dragon and le animal & other creatures. Her work has been published in bluestem, Drunken Boat, fringe, Pyrta, Rattle Reverie, and Sententia among others.