Wiscon returned, onto Women’s Words
Wiscon was intense, wondrous and inspiring! Sooo many feminist writers and readers– I didn’t realize just how many until I saw everyone at the Tiptree award ceremony and GOH speeches. Holy smokes! I wondered. This is a power indeed. Greer Gilman was awarded for her complex and profound novel (tho clearly it breaches the borders of “novel” just as it expands notions of gender), Cloud and Ashes, and GOHs Nnedi Okorafor and Mary Anne Mohanraj gave stunning and deeply inspiring speeches. Met many amazing feminist writers of colour, like Neesha Meminger (Shine, Coconut Moon) and was so grateful…. I also couldn’t help myself and was all, well, dog-like fawning (hmmmm, why a fawn? are they “fawn-ish”?) over Carol Emshwiller and asked if I could take a photo with her. ^___^. I am such a huge fan of her biting, hilarious intensely feminist novel, Carmen Dog. It’s brilliant.
Now it’s time to change the channel. I’m facilitating a creative writing workshop at Women’s Words this coming weekend. After that I’m looking forward to the plunge back into the deep and dark waters of writing and writing. I need to submerge. The darkness calls.
*waves hello* I’m linking to you in my LJ recap of WisCon! It was wonderful to meet you, and I can’t wait to dig into Half World.
1Wow, thanks for that great list of books! Enjoy the darkness…
2Hi Shveta! It was so lovely to meet you, too! Hope we’ll meet again in our physical lives at another fantastic con! I hope you enjoy the passage into Half World. (Sorry I’m replying to you thru my own comment form…! I lost the original connection to your comment, and can’t seem to find my way back. I’m a sad case, I know!
3Thank you, juinlily. ^__^ .
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