Form and Discontent, Vol. 6: “When has it not been political?”

Given that the work of BIPOC writers is judged first as a political statement, then as an aesthetic object, this Form and (Dis)Content panel will explore the idea of exactly what makes for a political text. In light of the arch-conservative outcome of the recent national election, the diarists, essayists, and poets on this panel will discuss how their individual works often address, unpack, and disrupt our contemporary political climate in both overt and covert ways. What does it mean to write as an act of resistance precisely just now, and what does, should, and will such writing look like? Panelists include Rob Arnold, Geneve Chao, Tameca L Coleman, Kenning JP Garcia, and Roman Johnson, with introductory remarks by Rone Shavers.