Scopophiliacs Anonymous: I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
Resistance is futile: you will be assimilated. Among the tidbits in Mark Dery’s book of “drive-by essays” are some thoughts on Star Trek: The Next Generation slash porn. Captain Picard, the willing sex-toy of horny androids? But we’ve got our own persistent suitors: mechanisms, hot and willing, ready to couple with our culture and our lives…advertising, fascinatin’ fascism, eschatological religion…
Art and Posthumanism: Cary Wolfe in conversation with Art after Nature series editors Giovanni Aloi and Caroline Picard.
Life in Plastic: Petrochemical fantasies and synthetic sensibilities, with Caren Irr, Lisa Swanstrom, Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor, and Daniel Worden.
Live: A book launch for We Are Meant to Rise at Next Chapter Booksellers features Carolyn Holbrook, David Mura, Douglas Kearney, Melissa Olson, Said Shaiye, and Kao Kalia Yang.
