A Lucid Fiction Program of Kelly Writers House

Join Kelly Writers House for an evening with speculative fiction writers Alex Smith (Arkdust, Black Vans) and Margaret Killjoy (The Sapling Cage, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow). Each author will share their work and join in conversation on the role of the literature of the imagination—fantasy, science fiction, Afrofuturism, magical realism—in speaking urgent truths and holding up a mirror to society. As Ursula Le Guin said, "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now—the realists of a larger reality." The evening is hosted by Abbey Mei Otis, Penn Artist-in-Residence and author of Alien Virus Love Disaster.

Cosponsored by the Beltran Family Award, Truth and Disinformation in the Writing Arts, and Wolf Humanities Center.