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Reading and Conversation: On Cuddling
10 December 2024, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Join Phanuel Antwi, Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies at the University of British Columbia, as he will read from and discuss his groundbreaking book On Cuddling: Loved to Death in the Racial Embrace.
This event is free.
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Open to
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Cost
- Free
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Institute of Advanced Studies
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Room 20first floor, South Wing, Wilkins BuildingUCL, Gower St, LondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
In his groundbreaking book On Cuddling: Loved to Death in the Racial Embrace (Pluto Press, 2023) Phanuel Antwi offers a profound and rare case of reimagining intimacy in the “continuous present” of racial violence. A singular combination of poetry and prose, convocation and critique, On Cuddling asks us to grapple with the terrifying embrace of the slave ship's hold, the racist encoding of 'cuddly’ toys and the crushing weight of police terror. Yet it also awakens us to the queer graces of solidarity and the warm folds of language in a time when we need both more than ever.
At this gathering, Phanuel Antwi will read from and discuss On Cuddling, in dialogue with Max Haiven, the editor of the VAGABONDS series of which the book is a part. Haiven is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies and Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination at Lakehead University.
This event is supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies, RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab, and Pluto Press.
About the Speaker
Phanuel Antwi
Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies at Department of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia
Phanuel Antwi is an artist, teacher and organiser concerned with race, poetics, movements, intimacy, and struggle. He works with text, dance, film, and photography to intervene in artistic, academic, and public spaces. He is a curator, activist, and associate professor.
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