How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva is a Korean American writer, artist, and musician from Los Angeles. Hedva is the author of the novels Your Love Is Not Good and On Hell, as well as Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain, a collection of poems, performances, and essays. Their artwork has been shown internationally, and their albums are Black Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th House and The Sun and the Moon. Their essay collection, How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom, will be published in September.

Victoria Papa is an Associate Professor of English and Visual Culture at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Her research and teaching examine the intersection of creative expression and the survival of structural traumas in 20th- and 21st-century literature and visual culture. She is currently at work on her first book, tentatively titled, Survival Aesthetics: Creative Expression & the Critique of Trauma. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail, Women & Performance, and others. Victoria is co-creator of CARE SYLLABUS—a public humanities project and community education resource featuring original text, visual media, recordings, and live events by activists, artists, and academics.