Author & Artist in Conversation: Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation

Saturday, October 25th at 1 PM | Cutler Memorial Library

When words meet images: writer Sarah Yahm and artist Jenni Bee collaborate to bring scenes from Yahm’s novel Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation to life through comics. The book intricately weaves themes of motherhood, chronic illness, grief, and the quest for meaning in the face of mortality. Publishers Weekly describes it as “a bit­ing and heart­break­ing work of fic­tion. Book­end­ed by mor­tal­i­ty and renew­al…, the story traces one fam­i­ly's bat­tle with an unnamed, incur­able hered­i­tary dis­easse, with ample neu­ro­sis and dark laughs along the way… Her sen­tences have teeth."

Join Yahm and Bee for a conversation about the novel, their creative collaboration, and the interplay between storytelling in words and images. Original comics will be on exhibit. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with both creators and experience their work in both literary and visual forms.