Library EventIowa City Book Fest: Debra Marquart and Shreya Khullar

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Sunday, October 24, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

10/24/2021 1:00pm 10/24/2021 2:00pm Iowa City Book Fest: Debra Marquart and Shreya Khullar Debra Marquart, the Iowa Poet Laureate, will be joined by Iowa City West High student Shreya Khullar, Iowa’s first Student Poet Ambassador, to read from and discuss their work. Debra Marquart, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Iowa State University, will talk about her latest book, The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging, as well as her poetry. Shreya Khullar is an editor for Polyphony Lit, an international student-run magazine, and her writing is published, or is forthcoming in The Rising Phoenix Press, Polyphony Lit, Hypernova Lit and more. Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Debra Marquart, the Iowa Poet Laureate, will be joined by Iowa City West High student Shreya Khullar, Iowa’s first Student Poet Ambassador, to read from and discuss their work.

Debra Marquart, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Iowa State University, will talk about her latest book, The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging, as well as her poetry.

Shreya Khullar is an editor for Polyphony Lit, an international student-run magazine, and her writing is published, or is forthcoming in The Rising Phoenix Press, Polyphony Lit, Hypernova Lit and more.

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.

This event is open to the public.

Cosponsor

Cosponsor Organization: Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature

Cosponsor Name: John Kenyon

Cosponsor Phone: (319) 356-5245