I’m Afraid Of Men Book Reading and Q&A

Sunday, September 23, 2018 2:00 pm-3:00 pm

[ Asian Arts Initiative - 1219 Vine St. ]

Raised as the child of South Asian immigrants in Canada, a trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl--and how we might reimagine gender for the twenty-first century. Vivek Shraya will read and answer questions about her new book, I’m Afraid of Men. 

Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work includes several albums, films, and books. Vivek’s 2017 album with Queer Songbook Orchestra, Part-Time Woman, was included in CBC’s Best Canadian Albums of 2017. Her first book of poetry, even this page is white, won a 2017 Publisher Triangle Award; her next book I’m Afraid of Men will be out in Fall 2018 from Penguin Canada. She is one half of the music duo Too Attached, and the founder of the publishing imprint VS. Books.

A Polaris Music Prize nominee and a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, Vivek was a 2016 Pride Toronto Grand Marshal, and has received honours from The Writers’ Trust of Canada and CBC’s Canada Reads. Vivek is currently a director on the board of the Tegan & Sara Foundation and an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Calgary.

 

Co-presented by Asian Arts Initiative, Leeway Foundation, City of Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs, and City of Philadelphia Office of LGBTQ Affairs.

 

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