Amy Quan Barry
Theater
Spring 2022
Writer, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison – United States
While in residence at Bogliasco, poet, novelist, and playwright Quan Barry will work on a two-act play titled Dirty Work in which characters confront the limits of artificial intelligence and the possibilities AI presents for housing the eternal soul. Barry also hopes to begin outlining a novel project set in Antarctica tentatively titled My God is Godly, a quote spoken by the widow of explorer Robert Scott upon learning of his death.