Last chance to get tickets that support feminist lit!
- auntlute
- Sep 24
- 2 min read
Ensure fierce, feminist literature survives and thrives!
Dear friends and supporters of Aunt Lute,
Time is running out. In just a few days, we gather to defend something precious—and under attack. As arts funding disappears and feminist voices face unprecedented suppression, WILD TONGUES CAN'T BE TAMED isn't just an event. It's an act of resistance.
This Is Our Moment to Rise.
You have the power to amplify the voices they're trying to silence. Every ticket you purchase, every dollar you contribute, every seat you fill sends an unmistakable message: Feminist literature will not be erased–not on our watch.
Join the resistance with us on September 28 at 1 PM!
The Voices: Joan Pinkvoss, Jewelle Gomez, and Dr. Aída Hurtado sharing Gloria Anzaldúa's revolutionary legacy
The Place: Online AND in-person at Oakland's Greenlining Institute
The Purpose: To ensure fierce feminist thought survives and thrives
Every supporter who shows up becomes part of a growing force that refuses to let bold feminist literature disappear. You're not just attending an event—you're joining a movement that has kept untamable voices alive for decades.
Join Sep. 28 event to get a SIGNED COPY of Caramelle & Carmilla
Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu debuts on October 14. For readers of Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, and Gwendolyn Christie comes Caramelle, Jewelle Gomez's latest addition to the universe of The Gilda Stories. This short story offers a supernatural alternate history where vampires seek love, laughter, and blood in 1860s slavery America.
Two vampire stories, two authors, two striking meditations on dependency and desire.
In Carmilla, included here alongside Caramelle, Le Fanu serves the sensual, sapphic, and spooky packaged into the experience of girlhood in 19th Century Austria. Caramelle & Carmilla is the first book in the new series Aunt Lute Colloquy, a publishing space dedicated to fostering feminist conversations across literary generations.
In the News
Aunt Lute featured on KPFA
The team hopped on the independent radio station, KPFA, to discuss why community and multicultural, feminist literature is vital–especially right now when the arts are under attack. Listen to the full episode on KPFA Radio with Aunt Lute board member, Lupe Gallegos-Diaz.
5 Oakland Things to Do: September 25 to 28
Thank you to Azucena Rasilla at The Oaklandside for including Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed in the weekly round-up of events to catch in Oakland.
Thank you to our event sponsors
Our event sponsors and partners help make multicultural, feminist literature possible. If you're organization would like to get involved or sponsor future events for Aunt Lute, please get in touch with us. Thank you for supporting multicultural, feminist literature.
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