Race and Literature: Survival is a Shared Story

Join us for a writing workshop with doctoral candidate Lexxus Edison as we explore how creative writing and poetry are powerful tools for self-expression. Basing the conversation on the work of Octavia E. Butler, we highlight how works like Fledgling and Parable of the Sower have explored current moments of climate grief, racial injustice, and the ultimate hunger for collective care. The first half of this event is lecture-based and will explore how powerful literature and poetry can move collective thinking. Following, we’ll create space for participants to engage and hone their writing skills with a creative workshop guided by Lexxus. Dinner will be included!

Speaker: Lexxus Coffey Edison

Lexxus Edison is a PhD Candidate at UC Santa Barbara in the English PhD program pursuing an emphasis in Black Studies. Lexxus’s research areas include African American Literature and Culture, Black Performance Studies, and Creative Writing. Her research examines 20-21st century African American autobiographies exploring Black debt; she examines grief and loss within the Black autobiography as a form of debt.

Co-sponsor: The English Department's Creative Critical Writing Initiative

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