Words Like Icebergs (WisCon 31 panel)

203 Words Like Icebergs

Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Senate B• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m.

Our language is formed by the place we were born: the names for the hills, the rivers, the trees. Our writing is about our history; the etymology of place and personal names. Words are like glaciers—most of the meaning is hidden, but with great mass. Growing up speaking Creole, Yorkshire, a Down East dialect—it changes what we write. Let's talk about what we've written and how it was shaped. Let's guess where Famous Feminist Fiction of the past came from, and why.

M: Nicolle Minnerly, Nicola Griffith, Natasha Minnerly, Lawrence Schimel, Catherynne M. Valente