# Event Details - **Event Name**: RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: a conversation with Dawn Burns, Melissa Fraterrigo & Bonnie Jo CampellAbout this EventThree extraordinary writers will discuss the ways their work disrupts and brightens narratives of gender and truth, "ruining" longheld narratives that have silenced and diminished their voices as women and artists.More about each panelist:Dawn Burns is the author of A Green Glow on the Horizon and Evangelina Everyday. and founder and co-organizer of the SwampFire community of writers and artists. While thoroughly Midwestern, Dawn also loves to travel and is relentlessly curiousabout people and places. Dawn’s creative nonfiction has appeared in Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest,and in On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes.A recipient of excellence awards from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and the Ohio Arts Council, and an assistant professor at Michigan State University, Dawn is committed to writing and community building as acts of personal and social change both in and beyond their classroom.Melissa Fraterrigo’s memoir, The Perils of Girlhood was published by the University of Nebraska Press in Fall 2025. She is also the author of the novel Glory Days (University of Nebraska Press), and the story collection The Longest Pregnancy (Livingston Press). She teaches creative writing at Purdue University, in the Butler University MFA in Creative Writing program, and is the founder of the Lafayette Writers’ Studio in Lafayette, Indiana. Please visit melissafraterrigo.com and lafayettewritersstudio.com.Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of The Waters (W.W. Norton, 2024) written “with a ‘ruthless and precise eye for the details of the physical world’ . Her bestselling novel, Once Upon a River (2011) was adapted into a full length feature film and released to international critical acclaim in 2020.She is also author of Q Road, and her critically acclaimed short fiction collections include American Salvage, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critic’s Circle Award; Women and Other Animals, which won the AWP Prize for Short Fiction; and Mothers, Tell Your Daughters. She was a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.Her story collection American Salvage, a National Book Award Finalist, was heralded by The Guardian as a top 10 rural noir novel of all time. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/ruining-the-narrative-women-as-witness-and-agents-of-story/100001977321490807 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Kalamazoo - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: Bookbug & this is a bookstore - **lat**: 42.2607843 - **long**: -85.61217719999999 - **full address**: Bookbug & this is a bookstore, 3019 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/9e6573b69ef97e18fbc97fce01baa8d7be5c0a2c399cb2f721b5e6cb66bca9a2-rimg-w1200-h600-dc30281d-gmir.jpg?v=1766310729 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story being held? - **A:** RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story takes place on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Bookbug & this is a bookstore, 3019 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story? - **A:** RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story is organized by Bookbug / this is a bookstore. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** RUINING THE NARRATIVE: Women as Witness and Agents of Story is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kalamazoo, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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