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Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 16, 2016
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Yaszek spaks at Indiana University
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Lisa YaszekOn Friday, February 26, 2016, LMC professor of science fiction studies Lisa Yaszek delivered a lecture on the history of women in science fiction poetry as part of Indiana University's "New Vectors in Science Fiction Criticism" speaker series. Yaszek's talk--drawn from her forthcoming book, Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction--explored how women drew upon both nineteenth century traditions of women's fantastic poetry as well as twentieth-century feminist magazine editorial practices to develop a set of thematic concerns (including the relations of sense to sensibility, the power of gendered aesthetic vision, and the role of women in forging brave new worlds) that are still central to speculative verse today.
