FORGOTTEN Voices

june | forgotten voices: rediscovery

buddy read: barracoon by zora neale hurston

why was barracoon not published back in 1931?

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july | revolutionary women

discussion: how are revolutionary women represented in literature?

communists, mixed-race revolutionaries, the arab spring

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august | women in translation

celebration: who are some of your favourite female authors in translation?

translation and translators, diverse reading

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september | in between worlds

discussion: how have the voices of migrant communities been silenced?

comfort women, 2nd generation migrants, women

 

october | systematic erasure

discussion: in what ways have some voices been systematically forgotten?

horrors of colonialism, islamophobia and military oppression