Reimagining Dracula’s Lucy as a Queer Vampiric Figure! (with Kiersten White)

Ivory Tower Boiler Room · Mar 23, 2026 · 1h 4m

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Kiersten White is here! The author of the 2024 novel Lucy Undying, among a plethora of New York Times best sellers, goes all in on what it was like shaping her vision of Lucy from Dracula's story.

Weaving a story with a modern and queer touch surrounding a character originally written over a century ago is no simple task. Kiersten reminds us how important it is to embody a queer story that doesn't have to end or revolve around pure tragedy: queer joy in media…