Here’s my review of Jillian and Mariko Tamaki‘s THIS ONE SUMMER (my favorite graphic novel of 2015!)—for the LA Review of Books.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/review/tween-awakening
New York Comic Con – Oct. 10
New York Comic Con 2015
Prism Comics Presents: Autobiography in Queer Comics
Sat. October 10| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Room 1A01
The autobiography genre has been a staple of indie comics for decades. Some of the best examples of the form are the work of LGBT creators who have used this platform to share stories about their often misunderstood subcultures. Join Moderator Tara Madison Avery (Gooch) and Panelists Morgan Boecher (What’s Normal Anyway?), Sina Grace (Self-Obsessed), L. Nichols (Flocks), Carlo Quispe (Uranus), AK Summers (Pregnant Butch) and Ariel Schrag (Likewise) for a lively discussion about comics that are true to queer life!
Wotta night at NEIU
Here I am with Nicole Georges, Phoebe Gloeckner (who took this iconic bathroom mirror photo), and Hillary Chute. See? It really happened. It was a stellar panel. Thanks to all of you at Northeastern Illinois University and especially Alicia Erian for organizing!
Talk at NEIU with Phoebe Gloeckner, Nicole Georges
This is kinda late for me to be posting this but…TONIGHT I’m on a panel with Phoebe Gloeckner and Nicole Georges at Northeastern Illinois University, moderated by real-deal, I’m-not-making-this-up, Professional Comics Scholar, Professor Hillary Chute! This should be a great big wide-open vat of a talk. Thrills ‘n spills with nibbage to spare! Open, as it should be, to the comics-concerned public.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6-8 p.m.
NEIU Auditorium
3701 W Bryn Mawr Ave
Chicago, IL 60646
Free, No Tickets Required
Complimentary parking in Lot F or Levels 4 & 5 of the parking garage
http://neiu.edu/university-life/arts-northeastern/visiting-writers-series/graphic-novelists-panel
PB interview on Top Ten Podcast List
Hillary Frank‘s interview with me about being a pregnant butch made it on The People Podcast’s Top Ten Podcasts from 2014. Probably ‘cuz I say “tits” in it.
The Longest Shortest Time
Last month, I met with Hillary Frank of WNYC’s The Longest Shortest Time and we talked of things pregnant and butch. http://longestshortesttime.com/2014/10/15/podcast-41-how-to-be-a-pregnant-butch/
The Longest Shortest Time is a WNYC podcast for all of you hollow-eyed ghouls who find yourselves up in the middle of the night (not by choice). I heard of it because, after my book came out with its Spiritual Midwifery-bashing chapter, a friend asked me if I’d heard Hillary Frank’s podcast about Ina May Gaskin. I hadn’t. I looked it up and was astonished. Hillary had the chutzpah and decency to actually call up Ina May Gaskin and challenge the legendary midwife-author about her promise of “ecstatic childbirth” in S.M., among other things. Of course, I had my own different bone to pick with Ina May, but I took the sneaky bomb-throwing, comic-drawing route instead. #whyimnotajournalist http://longestshortesttime.com/2014/04/16/podcast-28-the-missing-chapter-to-ina-mays-guide/
Seattle PB readings – Aug. 11 & 12
I’m doing two readings from PREGNANT BUTCH in Seattle – August 11th & 12th, at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park and at Elliott Bay Books in Capitol Hill. I’m told they’re on opposite sides of town, so we shouldn’t have to worry about rival neighborhood gangs of natural childbirth enthusiasts and their bowtie-wielding dandy enforcers mixing it up. Peace, y’all!
May 1 – U of Chicago Opening-Talk
This is an exhibit and talk about of some of the original bristol board art from Pregnant Butch. Curated by World-Famous Comics Scholar Hillary “Outside the Box” Chute!
Pregnant Butch – Opening Reception & Artists’s Talk with A.K. Summers
Thursday, May 1, 2014
4:00-6:00 PM
Centers for Gender/Race Studies, Community Room (105)
5733 S University Ave
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
PB reading in NYC – Wed. April 23
PREGNANT BUTCH is back in NYC at Bluestockings Bookstore on Wednesday, April 23. Perhaps you skimmed the pictures in someone else’s bathroom copy of PB? Now you owe it to yourself to hear the mighty audio version!
WED. APRIL 23, 7 PM
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
http://bluestockings.com/events/
https://www.facebook.com/bluestockingsnyc