The Double Life of Alice Sheldon (WisCon 31 panel)

61 The Double Life of Alice Sheldon

Feminism, Sex, and Gender•629• Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.

Julie Phillips has written a comprehensive, well-regarded, fascinating and absorbing biography of Alice Sheldon, a.k.a. James Tiptree, Jr. This panel will discuss Tiptree's life and work in the context of the book, and out of it. Topics to be considered might include: Why did Sheldon feel the need to masquerade as Tiptree? What effect did this have on the reception of Sheldon's writing? On Sheldon's life? Was the deception just a grand hoax—à la the recent JT LeRoy—or something more? Did Tiptree come to have a life of 'his' own?

M: Debbie Notkin, Jeanne Gomoll, M. J. Hardman, Jeff Smith