Writer Nathan Long to Speak on Intersexuality at University of Richmond
March 11, 2005
Nathan Long, a Richmond poet, playwright and short story writer, will speak March 29 at the University of Richmond about his novel-in-progress, concerning an intersex person growing up in rural mid-America. His talk, "The Space Between 'Boy' and 'Girl': Facts and Fictions," explores intersexuality and the plurality of sexes—the idea that one's sexual identity is not rigidly defined nor limited to just male or female.
The event will be held at 4 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall. It is free and open to the public.
Long is professor of American literature and creative writing at Virginia Union University and a 2000 winner of a Virginia Commission for the Arts individual artist's grant. His work has appeared in such journals as The Sun, Indiana Review and Glimmer Train. His stories and poems have been anthologized in several books, and his plays and monologues have been produced at VCU's Performing Arts Center and the Valentine Museum.
Long's many awards include a Mellon Foundation fellowship, a Truman Capote literary trust scholarship, a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference scholarship and a Pushcart Prize nomination.
This is the sixth event of the WILL/WGSS speaker series, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL) and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) programs. The series' theme is "Interrogating Limits, Pushing Boundaries: Artists/Academics/ Activists."
The series is funded in part by Richmond Quest, the university's Cultural Affairs Committee and other university departments and programs. For more information, contact WILL at (804) 289-8578 or will@richmond.edu.