Erica Friedman, president of Yuricon and ALC Publi****ng, will be
speaking about Yuri Manga
and Lesbian Japan on March 3 as part of the Asia Pacific Queer Lecture
Series sponsored by
the East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana. The lecture will take place at Lucy Ellis, 1st Floor,
FLB Building and is open to the public.
Friedman founded Yuricon, a celebration of yuri in anime and manga in
2000, and ALC Publi****ng, North America's only of 100% yuri publisher
in 2003. In 2005, she co-chaired Yuricon in Tokyo, and Onna! which took
place in October in Newark, NJ. In 2004, ALC Publi****ng printed the
first volume of "Shoujoai ni Bouken: The Adventures of Yuriko", an
illustrated novel, penned by Friedman and illustrated by Kelli Nicely.
Friedman will be discussing geek culture with the UIUC Introduction to
Japanese Culture class, and her novel with the CQS reading group, on
March 2.
To learn more about Yuricon or ALC Publi****ng, please visit
http://www.yuricon.org
or email yuricon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
more information on East Asia Pacific Studies at UIUC, please visit
http://eaps.uiuc.edu
or contact EAPS at eaps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or 217-333-7273
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