Stop. Rewind. Rewrite.
Presenters: Emily Austin (Gay Girl Prayers), Cherie Dimaline (Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix), Canisia Lubrin (Code Noir)
Session Format: Readings, interviews, and discussion
Host: Bee Quammie, writer, radio host, television personality
Emily Austin’s Gay Girl Prayers rewrites Bible verses to affirm and uplift queer, feminist, and trans realities in a giddy celebration of difference.
Cherie Dimaline’s Into the Bright Open is a queer reimagining of The Secret Garden, subverting the cishet and white status quo of the original story.
In Code Noir, Canisia Lubrin delivers a groundbreaking departure from the original Code: a set of historical decrees defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire.
Join the authors as they discuss their subversive, timely reimagining of existing texts, breathing new life, and meaning into stories for today’s reader.
