Cushing Memorial Library & Archives is pleased to host another Zoom discussion with award-winning queer Jewish Ukrainian-American fantasy author and poet, R.B. Lemberg, to celebrate the release of their latest novella from the acclaimed Birdverse, Yoke of Stars (Tachyon Publications). Lemberg will talk about their career and rich array of work with Cushing’s Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Collection Curator, Jeremy Brett.  The talk will be followed by questions taken from the online audience.

The Texas A&M University Official Bookstore, Barnes & Noble Bookstore at the Memorial Student Center (https://tamu.bncollege.com/shop/tamu/home), will support the event by providing copies for sale of Lemberg’s new book. The first 40 people to purchase a book through the Bookstore will receive a bookplate signed by Lemberg.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Glasscock Science Fiction Studies Working Group, the Jewish Studies Program (Global Languages and Cultures), and the Women's and Gender Studies Program.

This is a virtual talk. To register, please use this link:  

(Registration closes 12 hours before the event). Once you register, a Zoom link will be sent to you 24 hours before the start of the event.

This event is free and open to the public. The event will be recorded.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact Jeremy Brett to communicate your needs. Early notification is encouraged, and a request 5 workdays before the event you plan to attend will facilitate the provision of a reasonable accommodation.

Contact information: Jeremy Brett, jwbrett@library.tamu.edu

About the Speakers: 

R. B. Lemberg is a queer, bigender fantasist, poet, and professor. R. B. was born in L’viv, Ukraine, and also lived in Israel and subarctic Russia before migrating to the US. R. B.’s Birdverse novella The Four Profound Weaves (Tachyon, 2020) was a finalist for the Nebula, Ignyte, Locus, and World Fantasy awards, as well as an Otherwise Award honoree. They are also a Le Guin Feminist Fellow. R. B.’s poetry memoir Everything Thaws was published by Ben Yehuda Press in 2022. Their stories and poems have appeared in Lightspeed Magazine’s Queers Destroy Science Fiction!, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, We Are Here: Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020, Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, and many other venues. R. B. lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with their spouse and fellow author Bogi Takács, their child Mati, and all the cumulative books and fountain pens. You can find R. B. on Twitter at @rb_lemberg, on Patreon at http://patreon.com/rblemberg, and at their websites rblemberg.net and birdverse.net.

Jeremy Brett is  the Curator of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Collection at Cushing Memorial Library & Archives. He has also worked at the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the National Archives and Records Administration-Pacific Region, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. He received his MLS and his MA in History from the University of Maryland – College Park in 1999. His professional interests include science fiction, fan studies, and the intersection of libraries and social justice.

If you need an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to be able to participate in this event, please contact Jeremy Brett at jwbrett@library.tamu.edu to communicate your needs by September 14, to allow us to facilitate a reasonable accommodation.