About this Event
Please join us for this free workshop: Native Women Speaking for Ourselves. Limited to 24 participants.
Why is it important that Native women speak for ourselves? Because it isn't always what happens. Why not? Imposed narratives of our lives have real consequences: some of our identities are not allowed, we feel the pressure to not be authentic, to perform to expectations; we have the constant threat to life and health, both emotional and physical. Now try to make art of any kind. What are we doing to counteract? It's not just about indigeneity, not just about women, but also about having a self that is useful to a community, then having a self that is useful to self. In this workshop, we will generate new writing inspired by these issues and the Indigenous works of LeAnne Howe, Kim Shuck, and Gwendolyn Paradice.
Aunt Lute Books is an intersectional, feminist press dedicated to publishing literature by those who have been traditionally underrepresented in or excluded by the literary canon. Core to Aunt Lute’s mission is the belief that the written word is critical to understanding and relating to each other as humans.Through the sharing of stories, we strengthen ties across cultures and experiences, and at the same time honor the hurt, loss, and harm incurred through structural power imbalances, prejudiced and gendered systems, and ancestral trauma. We uplift these voices in order to build a more just future.
Event venue & nearby stays
Glen Park Branch Library, 2825 Diamond Street, San Francisco, United States
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