Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: A Celebration of Fierce Feminist Voices

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: A Celebration of Fierce Feminist Voices

An unapologetic celebration of resistance, transformation, and literary legacy, this event honors the enduring power of radical expression, from Gloria Anzaldúa’s groundbreaking cultural theory to Jewel Gomez’s genre-defying storytelling, and the visionary leadership of Joan Pinkvoss.

Together, we gather to uplift untamable voices that challenge borders of gender, genre, and power, and to fuel Aunt Lute’s future as a home for insurgent feminist thought.

**About Gloria Anzaldúa**

A key figure in the creation of academic Border Studies and queer theory, Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (1942-2004) was an internationally-acclaimed independent scholar, cultural theorist, creative writer, and social-justice activist who has made lasting contributions to numerous fields, including Chicanx studies, composition studies, feminism and feminist theory, literary studies, queer theory, and women’s & gender studies. Anzaldúa’s work spans multiple genres, including poetry, theoretical and philosophical essays, short stories, innovative autobiographical narratives, edited collections, and children’s books. Read more
**About Jewel Gomez**

Jewelle Gomez is a writer, activist and the author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel,. Her other publications includeThe Lipstick Papers,Flamingoes and BearsandOral Tradition. Formerly the executive director of the Poetry Center and the American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University, she has also worked in philanthropy for many years. She is the former director of the literature programme at the New York State Council on the Arts, the director of Grants and Community Initiatives for Horizon and the President of the San Francisco Library Commission. She lives in San Francisco. Read more

**About Joan Pinkvoss**

Joan Pinkvoss co-founded Aunt Lute Books (San Francisco, CA) in 1982, a nonprofit, multicultural press committed to publishing women writers whose voices and visions are underrepresented in mainstream presses by race, ethnicity, sexuality, socio-economic background, and or age. Aunt Lute has published such acclaimed authors as Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldúa.

**About Dr. Aída Hurtado**

Dr Aída Hurtado is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Voicing Chicana Feminisms: Young Women Speak Out on Sexuality and Identity. She has worked to promote the inclusion of women of color in the field of psychology. Her research has specifically focused on the psychological aspects of gender, race, ethnicity, and intersectionality.

**About Aunt Lute Books**

For 40 years, Aunt Lute Books has published works by authors so often overlooked and actively excluded by the literary canon and by the publishing industry, centering women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and people of color. For 40 years, Aunt Lute has fought for its existence, transforming from a small underground press to a joint publisher with Spinster Ink to a nonprofit organization. For 40 years, Aunt Lute has championed the voices of those who have been silenced, creating spaces through public programming for people to see themselves in literature and in the literary community. What will the next 40 years look like? Read more here:

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