Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies announces a book talk by Deborah Miranda, author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir. Learn about California Indian history, past and present. She will share what a hybrid memoir is and how she came to write the book in that form rather than a straight narrative. The operating principles of the book are decolonization and survivance–both key concepts for all US writers as we reckon with history and loss in these pandemic times. The book’s organizational principle is collage–a literary strategy that has gained greater resonance with this decade’s experiences of isolation and fragmentation.

For more information and to register, please visit the River Road Park and Recreation District website.