Author Casey Plett will discuss her essay On Community as part of the speaker series in the course “Windsor’s Literary Culture” on Thursday, Nov. 9.

A must-read for Windsor’s transgender community, the essay tells of Windsor’s literary scene and touches on growing up in a Mennonite community. It was launched last week at Biblioasis, a local bookstore and Plett’s publisher.

Plett is best known for her novel Little Fish and her Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated short story collection, A Dream of a Woman. She has written for such publications as the New York Times, The Globe and Mail, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. She is a winner of the Amazon First Novel Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award.

Her presentation, from 1 to 2:20 p.m. in room 53, Chrysler Hall South, is open to all members of the University of Windsor community.