Torch Literary Arts Presents: A Conversation with Morgan Parker & Lynne Thompson
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Saturday, November 16
Capitol Extension Room: E2.010 (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701)
In Morgan Parker's You Get What You Pay For and Lynne Thompson's Blue on a Blue Palette, the historical experiences of Black women drives the two writers' explorations. Morgan's essays, deeply intimate, witty, and personal, trace her experience in therapy as a way to examine racial consciousness and how America's cultural history has affected Black women in particular. Thompson's collection of poems, rooted in jazz tradition and encompassing various shades of blue, traverse the multiplicities within the condition of women throughout history. These writers deconstruct what it means to survive and find joy within landscapes that threaten. Join Parker and Thompson in this conversation presented by Torch Literary Arts as they discuss exploring the mental conditions of women in America.
- Books: You Get What You Pay For: Essays, Blue on a Blue Palette
- Book Types: Non Fiction, Poetry
- Authors: Morgan Parker, Lynne Thompson
- Moderator: Amanda Johnston
- Book Signing: 11:00 AM at Main Signing Tent