Precedented Parroting with Barbara Tran

08/18/24 • 26 min

Barbara Tran’s poetry and fiction have appeared in The Paris Review, The Malahat Review, and Conjunctions. Included in Barbara’s writing for the screen is the narration for Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend, a short XR film, which was a 2022 Official Selection of SXSW and in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Barbara’s poetry collection In the Mynah Bird’s Own Words was the winner of Tupelo Press’s inaugural chapbook award. A co-editor of Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose, 25th Anniversary Edition, Barbara is a member of the She Who Has No Master(s) and AfroMundo collectives. Much of her writing is conceived while walking, playing, or sharing a tasty morsel with a rescue dog. Precedented Parroting is published by Windsor’s Palimpsest Press.
https://barbaratran.com/
https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/precedented-parroting-barbara-tran/

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Enough to Lose with RS Deeren

A native "Thumbody," RS Deeren is an assistant professor of creative writing at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. His research interests include contemporary fiction, US working-class studies, and rural-urban dynamics. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in periodicals including The Great Lakes Review, Joyland, Midwestern Gothic, and more. Like some of his characters, he has also worked as a line cook, landscaper, lumberjack, and a bank teller. He received his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His debut story collection, Enough To Lose, was selected as a Michigan Notable Book in 2023, and it was published by Wayne State University Press.
https://www.rsdeeren.com/
https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814350409/

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Making History Move with Kim Nelson

Kim Nelson is an Associate Professor of Film at the University of Windsor, and also the Director of the Humanities Research Group and the Live Doc Project. Originally from Vancouver, she has been based in Windsor since 2005. She has a BA in Film from UBC and an MFA in Film from York University. Her work spans fiction and documentary. Her interests include women’s rights and equality, colonialism and conflict, and the environment.

Her documentaries have been presented at festivals and campuses across Canada, the US, and Europe. She is a co-editor of The Routledge Companion to History and the Moving Image, and the author of Making History Move: Five Principles of the Historical Film. Recently, she has also become a co-host of Moving Histories, a podcast that explores the films that connect us all with history.
https://www.thekimnelson.com/
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/making-history-move/9781978829770/