FRANKENSTEIN’S PROMETHEAN AMBITIONS

Professor Gideon Manning will discuss the scientific and medical background to Mary Shelley’s novel, the timeless philosophical and ethical questions she raised, and the long reception of Frankenstein in our cultural imagination.
NOON – 1PM
HIDDEN IN THE SHELVES

Sammy Jay of Peter Harrington’s Frankenstein. Discovery
1pm – 2pm
WRITING THE GOLDEN STATE


Exploring the New Literary Terrain of California with Romeo Guzmán
3PM – 4PM