Writing Our Whole Selves: Mixed Writers Challenge the Narrow Literary Landscape. Presenters : Donna Miscolta, Jeni McFarland, Talia Kolluri, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, Dawn Barron

In a society that favors the unambiguous over the complex, how do mixed authors of color write the truth of ourselves? Do we depict the ambiguity of our backgrounds or default to the recognizable and marketable? Do we reframe the issue by writing nonhuman characters? How do we embrace our in-betweenness and how do we influence structural change to reflect the nuances of the mixed experience? Five writers discuss how their work fits in the literary landscape now and in a more inclusive future.

111AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level. Location: S134.

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