Jennifer Boylan: A Life in Two Genders

Thursday, November 1, 2012
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Seymore College Union Ballroom, SUNY Brockport

Reading and Lecture

Professor Jennifer Boylan is the author of twelve books, including "She's Not There: a Life in Two Genders," and "I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted," both published by Random House. A novelist, memoirist, and short story writer, she is also a nationally known advocate for civil rights. Jenny has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Live with Larry King, the Today Show, the Barbara Walters Special, NPR's Marketplace and Talk of the Nation; she has also been the subject of documentaries on CBS News' 48 Hours. and The History Channel. She is a regular contributor to the op/ed page of the New York Times and Conde Nast Traveler magazine. Since 1988, she has been Professor of English at Colby College in Maine; in 2010, she was the Hoyer-Updike Distinguished Writer at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. She has also served on the judging committee of the Fulbright Scholars, administered by the U.S. Department of State. Email brockportsoul@gmail.com for more information.