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What Makes an Archive LGBTQ+? The Case of Poet-Activist Muriel Rukeyser
If we approach Rukeyser’s and other queer writers’ archives as LGBTQ+ archives, what should we expect to find there? How might such archives usefully change our presuppositions about what queer life and queer literary writing were, are, and could be in the future? In this participatory event, Keenaghan will give a brief introduction to Rukeyser, discussing his experience of researching her papers, sharing slides of some archival materials related to her life as a queer woman, and providing a little background about how some queer studies scholars have approached the question of LGBTQ+ archives and history. Attendees will then be invited to share their insights about what is or is not “queer” about the case of Rukeyser’s archive and how it even could expand our understandings of LGBTQ+ self-representation and experience today.. Email [email protected] or call 518-828-1792 x101.
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