Martin Luther King and Mary Shelley

Join us for a special Martin Luther King Jr. day Olio, free and open to the public. Patricia Kim will use Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a lens to understand MLK’s reflections on our society which is often TOO well adjusted. This is a free event but participants should RSVP to reserve a seat.

We will discuss the ways in which King reflects upon our obligation to remain maladjusted to racism, religious bigotry, economic inequality, and violence and hold space to talk about the very real consequences that exist all around us—from the mental health of our everyday lives to the mental health of our most vulnerable populations.

Patricia Kim received her MFA from Columbia University and teaches Composition and Literature classes at Baruch College while completing a novel.