Author Reading: Kelly Jensen & Mikki Kendal for HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD

Kelly Jensen and Mikki Kendal

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World

Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Reading, Conversation, and Signing

Come meet the editor of this exciting new anthology. In Here We Are, forty-four writers, dancers, actors, and artists contribute essays, lists, poems, comics, and illustrations about everything from body positivity to romance, gender identity, intersectionality, and the greatest girl friendships in fiction. Together, they share diverse perspectives on and insights into what feminism means

and what it looks like now.

Kelly Jensen is a former librarian-turned-editor for Book Riot and Stacked. She's the author of It Happens: A Guide to Contemporary Realistic Fiction for the YA Reader. She loves black licorice and debating genre.

Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and

"occasional feminist" who talks a lot about

intersectionality, policing, gender, sexual assault, and other current events. Her nonfiction can be found at the Guardian , the Washington Post , Ebony , xoJane , Bustle , Islamic Monthly , and a host of other sites. Her media appearances include BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera , WBEZ, and Showtime.

Event date:

Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 7:30pm

Event address:

5233 N. Clark St.

Chicago, IL