The Writers' Assembly
Annual Conference at Sorrento
Saturday, June 8, 2024
2:45 pm – 5:15 pm
The Women’s Studies Caucus
The Critical Race, Diasporas, and Migrations Caucus and
The Queer Studies Caucus present
Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Gabriella Ghermandi, Gabriella Kuruvilla, Espérance Hakuzwimana, Djarah Kan, and Shirin Ramzanali Fazel,
in conversation
Angelica Pesarini, respondent
Emily Antenucci, moderator
The inspiration for this event arrived from a conversation between Espérance Hakuzwimana and Juliet Guzzetta in the spring of 2023 when they met in Turin to talk about their mutual interests and Espérance shared the wish to have more time and space to interact with writers who inspire her. The caucuses attempt here to make that possible. Our session is experimental in nature and grounded in the principles of generosity, curiosity, and admiration. The writers will lead the first half, loosely following a set of questions for each other that the caucuses offered. Our respondent will begin the second session, and our moderator will help guide the conversation fielding questions from the audience.
With gratitude for the generous sponsorship of Michigan State University, Saint Louis University, the Caucuses, and the Association.
Thanks to generous collaborations, this important oral history has an archival life via the media center at Michigan State University where the full conversation is freely available to all (in Italian with English subtitles); and thanks to the open-access California Italian Studies journal, especially Angelica Pesarini who proposed to me the idea of including text of the assembly, with a commentary (all in English).
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