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Helen E. Kourous

Likely to be eaten by a grue
Attendee
Somewhere in Michigan

helenkourous.net

Geek, Engineer, Mom of a college freshman-and-everything-is-different-now. Talk to me about: Writing. Hard Sci Fi. Space Opera. Morning pages. Literary fantasy. Podcasts. Photography. Drones. Yoga. Jogging. Not running, jogging. Bourbon. Autonomous vehicles. Crushed Ice. Not Superheroes.

My Friends

7:00pm EDT

Opening Ceremonies The LawnL. D. Lewis

9:00pm EDT

My Skin Isn't Caramel, My Eyes Aren't Chocolate: Colorism Among Us The MezzanineVida Cruz • Subodhana Wijeyeratne • Kate Osias • Chinelo Onwualu • Jordan Ifueko

2:00am EDT

Should I Italicize That? The MezzanineIori Kusano • Shiv Ramdas • Zen Cho • Victor Fernando R. Ocampo • Yukimi Ogawa

5:00am EDT

Destroy All Empires: The Postcolonial/Anticolonial in SFF The MezzanineSubodhana Wijeyeratne • Yudhanjaya Wijeratne • Zen Cho • Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

7:00am EDT

We Won't Phone It in for an Anglophone Audience The MezzanineShingai Njeri • Cristina Jurado • Brandon O'Brien • Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki • Haralambi Markov

10:00am EDT

Guest of Honor: Rebecca Roanhorse The Great HallBrent Lambert • Rebecca Roanhorse

11:00am EDT

The End of the Age of Empires The Great HallC.L. Clark • Matt Wallace • Arkady Martine • K.S. Villoso • Aishwarya Subramanian

3:00pm EDT

Lunch N/A

5:00pm EDT

Ignyte Awards The LawnJesse (Books & Bowties)

9:00pm EDT

Em-Dash: The Game Show for Writers The LawnMartin Cahill • Shiv Ramdas • Ashia Monet • Mark Oshiro Write-In The Tea House

12:00pm EDT

AAVE, Pidgin, and the Global Patois The Great HallShingai Njeri • Shiv Ramdas • Eden Royce • Christopher Caldwell

3:00pm EDT

Lunch N/A

5:00pm EDT

Finances in Publishing: Why It Matters The Great HallJ.R.H. Lawless • Patrice Caldwell • DongWon Song • Matt Belford • Michael R. Underwood

7:00pm EDT

Closing Ceremonies The Lawn