Jillian Weise reads from and discusses her third poetry book, Cyborg Detective, which holds a magnifying glass to the marginalization and fetishization of disabled people while claiming space and pride for the people who already use technology and cybernetic implants every day. After a 15-minute reading, Weise will discuss her work and her creative process.

Jillian Weise is a poet, performance artist, and disability rights activist. Her previous poetry collection, The Book of Goodbyes, won the 2013 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award from BOA Editions and the 2013 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. Her speculative novel, The Colony, features the characters of Charles Darwin, Peter Singer, and James Watson. Her first book, The Amputee’s Guide to Sex, was reissued with a new preface in 2017. She has written about being a cyborg for Granta and The New York Times. She created the web series “Tips for Writers by Tipsy Tullivan,” which has been cited by Inside Higher Ed, Electric Literature, and BOMB. She performs the heteronym across social media.

CART will be provided.