Poetics (2019), by David Lee Sierra.
Tickets: Free, RSVP required
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This program will take place virtually, on
Zoom.
Artist, writer, and frequent Performance Philosophy Reading Group participant David Lee Sierra hosts a reading group where, together, participants will read and discuss "Aye, and Gomorrah," a short science fiction story by Samuel R. Delany. Originally published in Harlan Ellison's 1967 short story collection, Dangerous Visions, “Aye, and Gomorrah” was lauded as one of Delany's most significant short stories. The work is one of Sierra’s favorites for its examination of sex(es), desire(s), and intimacies, all of which the spacey sci-fi narrative discloses as negotiations of normativity, alteration, and choice. She is interested in reading the story together in the most literal of senses.
All registrants will be emailed a PDF version of the story before the event and the document will be re-shared during the event. There is no expectation to read or prepare anything before the event. Everyone present will be welcome to read, but no one will be required. A short discussion of the work and its motifs will follow the reading.
Reading Materials
Performance Philosophy Reading Group is a regular reading group that invites artists and thinkers to facilitate discussion on a text or topic, in whatever way feels most productive.
ASL interpretation and Zoom-generated auto captioning will be provided.