Unprotected Texts and Safe Spaces By Dipika Mukherjee
The festival banner and book display, with heritage buildings reflected in glass. The event is supposed to start at 10.30pm . At night. The blurb advertises: Readings: Unprotected Text Join us for an intimate session of pegging the patriarchy, wild ‘super’ liberalisms and other kinks. Where words are used to express our deepest wants and desires. For mature audiences only. Readers: Amir Muhammad, Ivan Coyote, Kyoko Yoshida, Regina Ibrahim, Shih-li Kow, Stephanie Dogfoot, William Yang Hosted by: Pang Khee Teik I am attending the Georgetown Literary Festival from November 22-25, 2018 . This is Penang, where open-air food stalls feed hungry hordes well into the night; this is truly a food paradise. I expect most of the festival-goers to be gorging on char kway teow and penang laksa if they are up at all, and I walk into Gerakbudaya Penang's spacious bookshop at 10.25, not expecting a crowd. The lovely interior of the boo...