Poet reads from her debut collection Chimeras (Inanna, 2026), then joins a Q&A on mythic monsters, mothers/daughters and (re)interpretation.

Tegan Zimmerman (PhD) holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. She is Chair of the Alexa McDonough Institute at Mount Saint Vincent University and the Editor of the Women’s Studies journal Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture, and Social Justice. She specialises in contemporary gender theory and women’s writing that centralises the maternal and mother-daughter relations. Her work has appeared in academic journals such as Feminist Theory, MELUS, and Women’s Studies. She has two beloved Pugs named Kosmo and Canto.

Refreshments will be provided.

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