S173. How to Be a Literary Activist (Or Advocate)
Saturday, March 10, 2018
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Participants
Kyle Dacuyan is a poet and activist. As senior manager of literary outreach and activism for PEN America, he convenes events and demonstrations focused on protecting free expression. He has also worked as an organizer on issues related to LGBTQ protections, prison abolition, and police reform.
Jennifer Mayer is a screenwriter, playwright, and political activist. She is the cofounder of Creatives In Action, a collective of artists, creative professionals, and activists who work to educate and activate the creative community. She received her BA from Yale University.
Katie Freeman is executive publicist at Riverhead Books, and she is getting her MA in arts administration. She serves on committees for the National Book Foundation, PEN America, Libraries Without Borders, Narrative 4, and Community-Word Project. Find her online @foxyhedgehog.
Eloisa Amezcua's debut collection, From the Inside Quietly, is the inaugural winner of the Shelterbelt Poetry Prize selected by Ada Limón. Author of three chapbooks, she is the founder and editor of The Shallow Ends: A Journal of Poetry.