<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I wanted to share this opportunity from the CCB at the University of Illinois.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">  </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Carolyn Kinsella</div><div>AISLE Executive Secretary</div><div>P.O. Box 110</div><div>Seneca, IL  61360</div><div>PH: 815-357-6023</div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=15a83ZNHmAdF7XsFleeaTWqPgJI5KRX77&revid=0B9ru44lEXuPSUlpUdUhvK09Nd0dTd091L2tiMktZaHRlajVVPQ" width="200" height="70"><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">CCB Assistant</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ccb-asst@illinois.edu">ccb-asst@illinois.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 7:21 PM<br>Subject: CCB Speaker Series - "Queer Young Adult Novels That Sadden and Hurt" - Thursday at 3 pm<br>To: Executive Secretary AISLE <<a href="mailto:execsecretary@aisled.org">execsecretary@aisled.org</a>><br></div><br><br>




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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I’m a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois's Center for Children’s Books (CCB), and I am writing to inform you of an upcoming event at the
 CCB that may be of interest to members of the AISLE Listserv for professional development or personal interest. On Thursday, January 28, at 3 p.m. CST, Professor Angel Matos will present<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Queer
 Young Adult Novels that Sadden and Hurt: Adam Silvera’s Oeuvre and the Politics of Unhappiness.</b><span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The talk will be delivered
 via Zoom, and the link will be published on the<span> </span></span><a href="https://ccb.ischool.illinois.edu/ss/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">CCB
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dr. Matos is a Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at Bowdoin College and is a specialist in youth literatures, queer studies, and screen
 cultures. His scholarship explores how queer experiences, histories, and emotions are shaped and narrativized in LGBTQ+ youth fiction. </span></p>
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 have attached the abstract for the talk. Please feel welcome to share this event and information with the AISLE Listserv!</span></p>
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