Created by performance artist and Stamps Assistant Professor Quinn Alexandria Hunter,  Parable of the Now is an afternoon of performances and readings intended to hold space as we grapple with change in the wake of the 2024 general election. This happening is centered around the November 6th, 2024 entry in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower that coincides with the day after a general election in the book and the day after our own 2024 general election. Performances will take place every hour, punctuated by reading of chapters from the book as we lead up to the final reading of the November 6th chapter at 7pm.

Reading/Performance Schedule

1:00pm
Reading of July 20, 2024 entry by student Juliette Todd

1:10pm
Performance by Billy Mark

2:00pm
Reading of July 21, 2024 entry by student Josie Ervin

2:15pm
Performance by Quinn Alexandria Hunter

3:00pm
Reading of July 30, 2024 entry by student Lynn Faulkner

3:10pm
Performance by Raheleh Filsoofi

4:00pm
Reading of August 3, 2024 entry by student Miles Hionis

4:10pm
Performance by Shey Rivera Rios

5:00pm
Reading of August 12, 2024 entry by student Kate Goldman

5:10pm
Performance by Marcela Torres

6:00pm
Reading of August 17, 2024 entry by student Naomi Rodriguez

6:10pm
Performance by Tsedaye Makonnen and Alisha B. Wormsley

7:00pm
Reading of November 6, 2024 entry by Nnedi Okorafor

7:10pm
Final performance by Quinn Alexandria Hunter and students Lynn Faulkner, Makaeyla Longmire, Anna Chen, Juliette Todd, Brianna Anzures, Zhixian (Zoe) Xiong, Sydney Seifert, Naomi Rodriguez, Molly Cesanek.


Parable of the Now is presented by the Institute for the Humanities in collaboration with Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, the U-M Arts Initiative, and Stamps School of Art and Design.