The event will be hosted by M. Asli Dukan, director of a documentary called Invisible Universe, about the way blacks are portrayed in speculative fiction. "Speculative fiction" is a term that covers not just science fiction, but also horror, fantasy, and the latest Philip K. Dick adaptation whose marketing pretends that it isn't sci-fi at all but just an action thriller.
Also!
Friday, March 18th is quite a busy day. Not only is the black lesbian sci-fi event Friday, but later on, at everybody's favorite feminist bookstore, there's Trans Bodies, Trans Selves. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a resource guide for transgender folks, and they're currently doing a book tour. The event will run from 7 to 9pm Friday, March 18th, with discussion and a Q&A.
The place that will be hosting Transbodies, Bluestockings Bookstore, is located in Manhattan, near the corner of Allen & Stanton Streets. That's one block down from Houston Street, and one block east of 2nd Avenue. Yes, "one block east of 2nd" should be 1st Avenue, but it's the Village: 4th Street zig-zags all over the damn place, so what were you expecting? If you happen upon a grocery store with awesome cartoon characters all over it, you're heading the right way -- the bookstore will be the next building over. That's how I figure it out, and I could get lost in a paper bag.
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