Author & Artist in Conversation: Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation
Saturday, October 25th at 1 PM | Cutler Memorial Library
When words meet images: writer Sarah Yahm and artist Jenni Bee collaborate to bring scenes from Yahm’s novel Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation to life through comics. The book intricately weaves themes of motherhood, chronic illness, grief, and the quest for meaning in the face of mortality. Publishers Weekly describes it as “a biting and heartbreaking work of fiction. Bookended by mortality and renewal…, the story traces one family's battle with an unnamed, incurable hereditary diseasse, with ample neurosis and dark laughs along the way… Her sentences have teeth."
Join Yahm and Bee for a conversation about the novel, their creative collaboration, and the interplay between storytelling in words and images. Original comics will be on exhibit. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with both creators and experience their work in both literary and visual forms.
