From SciFi to Hybrid Forms, UC Panel Discussions Explore 'Genre Genius'

In partnership with the Books by the Banks festival, the University of Cincinnati

College of Arts and Sciences

and

UC Libraries

are co-hosting a group of panel sessions from 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11, on the fourth floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library.

"Genre Genius in Cincinnati: From SciFi to Hybrid Forms" will focus on science fiction and fantasy, comics and graphic novels and the mixed mastery of hybrid forms. Attendees are invited to come to listen, learn and share. They may stay for a casual writers’ lounge celebrating Cincinnati creatives and their community. The panels are free and open to all.

The three panels are:

2-2:50 p.m. ~ Sci Fi/Fantasy and Horror

MODERATOR: Don Peteroy, author of

Wally

and past winner of the Playboy College Fiction Award

PANELISTS:

• Charles Jones, co-editor of Afrofuturism 2.0 and Chair of UC’s Africana Studies Department
• Laura Resnick, science fiction author

3-3:50 p.m. ~ Comics/Graphic Novel

MODERATOR: Jeff Suess, Cincinnati history writer and leader of the Mercantile Library’s graphic novel group

PANELISTS:

• Carol Tyler, author of the Job Thing, Late Bloomer and most recently the award-winning Soldier’s Heart, and adjunct professor in the School of Art in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
  
• Jennifer Glaser, associate professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature
• Daniel Dale, graduate student, Department of English and Comparative Literature

4-4:50 p.m.  ~ Hybrid Forms

MODERATOR: Lisa Ampleman, accomplished poet and former associate editor of the Cincinnati Review

PANELISTS:

• Rebecca Lindenberg, author of Love, An Index
• Kristen Iversen, creative writing professor;
• Michael Hennessey, Department of English and Comparative Literature

"Genre Genius in Cincinnati: From SciFi to Hybrid Forms" is one of 10 events planned to commemorate the 10th annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati Regional Book Festival scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, at Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202.

The book festival is expected to draw more than 100 authors from across the country, including local favorites and nationally bestselling writers. The author lineup includes Mary Kay Carson, Bob Shea, Marisa Silver, Jim Obergefell, as well as UC authors Chris Bachelder and Leah Stewart. For more information, visit

www.booksbythebanks.org

.