Wild Prose Reading Series Presents: The Subversives

Please join us for The Subversives—readings from books about women and nonbinary people subverting the status quo. JD Derbyshire will read from Mercy Gene, the Man-Made Making of a Madwoman, a genre-smashing work of auto-fiction about gender confusion, patriarchy, addiction, and mental health; Kathryn Mockler will read from her book of short stories, Anecdotes, a book of varied, immersive works that bristle with truth in the face of unprecedented change; and Emi Sasagawa will read from her debut novel, Atomweight, about a “good girl” who becomes herself through fighting—a novel about the need to reconcile competing cultures, traditions, and values and explores sexual identity and violence. The evening will begin with an open mic at 7:00 p.m. The open mic will be opened by local writer Justina Elias, reading “To Do,” her Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Award-winning story, published in issue #217 of The Malahat Review – and then it’ll open up to YOU! Bring some writing of any genre to share (poetry is very welcome)!