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SUMMARY:Better Toledo | The Future is Female by Laura Maylene Walter
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DESCRIPTION:Laura Maylene Walter discusses how patriarchal influences can 
 cause harm to all people\, regardless of gender..\nhttps://toledo.libnet.i
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In her debut novel\,&nbsp\;Body of Stars\,
  Laura Maylene Walter explores female agency in a world where the future i
 s written on women&rsquo\;s bodies\, a phenomenon that inspires both awe a
 nd unease within the novel&rsquo\;s regressive society. By highlighting he
 r characters&rsquo\; struggles with purity culture\, heteronormativity\, t
 he gender binary\, and the risk of abduction and assault\, Walter will dis
 cuss how her fictional creation reflects our own culture&mdash\;and how pa
 triarchal influences can cause harm to all people\, regardless of gender.<
 /p>\n<p>This event is part of Better Toledo\, a personal and professional 
 development series to ensure &ldquo\;you will do better in Toledo.&rdquo\;
  Certificates of completion are available to participants who take part in
  three or more sessions in 2023.</p>\n<p>For group registrations please ca
 ll 419-259-5293.</p>\n<p>Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the novel&n
 bsp\;Body of Stars&nbsp\;(Dutton\, 2021)\, an Ohioana Book Awards Finalist
  and a UK Booksellers Association Fiction Book of the Month selection. She
  has received grants\, fellowships\, or residencies from Yaddo\, Tin House
 \, the Ohio Arts Council\, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, the Chautauq
 ua Institution\, the Ohioana Library Association\, and Art Omi: Writers. H
 er work has appeared in&nbsp\;Poets &amp\; Writers\,&nbsp\;The Sun\, Slate
 \, Literary Hub\, The Masters Review\, Horse Girls&nbsp\;(Harper Perennial
 \, 2021)\, and elsewhere. She is the Ohio Center for the Book Fellow at Cl
 eveland Public Library\, where she hosts&nbsp\;Page Count\, a literary pod
 cast.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://toledo.libnet.info/event/7040674
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