Atlanta schedule - Atlanta Queer Lit Fest and Charis

[catherineldf]

• Wednesday - Thursday (Nov. 4-5): work stuff at day job du jour
• Friday (Nov. 6) - messing about in Atlanta and Decatur, followed by going to Feminism, Books and Beyond: Celebrating 35 Years of Charis Community with Alice Walker, The Indigo Girls and Pearl Cleage. Also known as "Let's hear Catherine squee like a fangrrrl." :-D  Who's Pearl Cleage, you say? Drop whatever you're doing and read her essay "Mad at Miles," which is one of the best pieces ever written on domestic violence and community accountability. She's done lots of other cool things as well, of course, so I recommend checking them all out.
• Saturday (Nov. 7) - this is the big day! I'll be reading at the DeKalb County Public Library from 12-1PM with Sara Amis and Lara Zielinsky for AQLF.

And there is an awesome poster (which you can see in readable size on their website) -

• Then from 5-6PM, I'll be signing at Charis Books and More - full schedule of signings here - Charis Books and More Birthday Fest.

Followed by some socializing, then home again, home again, jiggity-jig.

Comments

[st-writes.livejournal.com]

Hi Catherine, I just found -- and friended -- you via haddayr. And I did not say "who's Pearl Cleage?" I said, omg, Pearl Cleage!!
Read a book of her essays, including "Mad at Miles" a few years back. Really thought-provoking.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Friended you back.:-) I'll be sure and post a entry about the performance after the fact. I'm really looking forward to hearing what Cleage's current work is like.