Literary Landscapes in Kansas Celebration Party

Save the date and RSVP for this free public event celebrating Literary Landscapes in Kansas: from the Ground to the Airwaves.

Who: Calling all Kansas literature lovers! Including: listeners of High Plains Public Radio, readers of Literary Landscapes in Kansas and The New Territory, and Flint Hills readers of all stripes!

What: readings and lecture, followed by social hour

When: Saturday, July 27, talks begin at 4 p.m.

Where: Union Hall in Manhattan, KS
Easier to park on the north side of the Eames Building. If you can find a spot on Poyntz, you can enter in the south side. Both work!

Why: To celebrate our LLKS series, learn more about Kansas Literature, and connect with the state’s humanities community

AGENDA

3:30 p.m. – Doors open

4:00 p.m. – Welcome by Dr. Andy Oler

4:10 p.m. – Talk by Dr. Tom Sarmiento, “”Sensing the Queer Filipinx Midwest: Geographic Nostalgia and Melancholia in Bienvenido Santos’s Exile Literature”

Thomas Xavier Sarmiento (they & he) is an award-winning associate professor of English and affiliated faculty of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at Kansas State University. Tom specializes in diasporic Filipinx American literature and media cultures, queer-feminist theories, and cultural representations of the U.S. Midwest. Their research appears in several journals and edited collections. They are completing their first book currently titled The Heartland of U.S. Empire: Race, Region, and the Queer Filipinx Midwest.

4:30 p.m. – Readings by:

• Taylor Krueger
• Abby Bayani-Heitzman
• Diana Staresinic-Deane
• Rosemary Hope
• Autumn Finley

~5-6:00 p.m. – Social Hour

• cheese tray and cookies
• cash bar and NA drinks
• New Territory magazine back issues on sale

Funding for this program is provided by Humanities Kansas, a nonprofit cultural organization that connects communities with history, traditions, and ideas to strengthen civic life.