An Evening with Claire Vaye Watkins
Date(s): Friday, April 9, 2021, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Phoenix MST
Location: Zoom
Type(s): Discussion
Genre and Form(s): Climate Fiction
Cost: Free
About this Event
Join Claire Vaye Watkins, award-winning author of the climate fiction novel Gold Fame Citrus and the short fiction collection Battleborn, for a virtual reading and a conversation about climate writing, Friday, April 9, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. MST/PDT (Phoenix, AZ*). Claire also served as the lead judge for Arizona State University's Everything Change climate fiction contest in 2020. During the event, we will share details about the forthcoming Everything Change anthology, a collection of the top stories from that contest.
Presented by the Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University, a partnership between the Center for Science and the Imagination and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.
This event is open to the public and free. Zoom link will be sent the week of the event to anyone who has RSVPed in Eventbrite. This event will also be live-streamed via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PiperCenter/.
*Please note: this event takes place virtually in Phoenix MST/PDT. As Phoenix does not observe daylight savings time, determining the correct time outside of Arizona can be somewhat confusing. To view the current time in Phoenix, Arizona, you can check the world time clock. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Piper Center at pipercenter.info@asu.edu.
