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The Filipino Wave: Comics and Racial Capitalism | Racial Reckoning Through Comics

Lara Saguisag (New York University): "The Filipino Wave: Comics and Racial Capitalism"

Co-sponsored by The Mellon Foundation, Iowa City Public Library, the Obermann Center for...

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Why we need Art Spiegelman's MAUS in Holocaust education | Iowa City Public Library

A talk by University of Iowa professor Elke Heckner.
Each survivor generation has created its own powerful representation of the Holocaust. As such, Art Spiegelman’s 1986 Pulitzer Prize-...

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Student Poet Ambassador Johnnie Each and Poet Laureate Debra Marquart | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

A reading by Iowa Student Poet Ambassador, Johnnie Each, and Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart.

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Poetry in Public | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from 2022 Selected Poets.

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Author Visit: "Her Word is Bond" with Cristalle 'Psalm One' Bowen

“Nowhere near famous but still infamous,” Psalm One is a legend to rap nerds, scholars, and “heads,” and has gone on to work with the brightest names in rap and have her work celebrated and taught...

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Author Visit: "Slippery Steps" with Don McLeese in conversation with Kyle Munson | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

"Slippery Steps isn’t your typical, hell-and-back recovery memoir. I never intended to quit drinking, rarely gave it a thought. I’d spent decades as a successful and productive journalist. I...

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Author Visit: "This Story Will Change" with Elizabeth Crane | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

One minute Elizabeth Crane and her husband of fifteen years are fixing up their old house in Upstate New York, finally setting down roots after stints in Chicago, Texas, and Brooklyn, when his...

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Author Visit: "They Knew" with Sarah Kendzior | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

In "They Knew," New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United States’ “culture of conspiracy,” putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in...

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On Critical Race Theory with Victor Ray | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a...

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Author Visit: María Sánchez with Curtis Bauer | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

Curtis Bauer and María Sánchez will discuss Sánchez’s new memoir, Land of Women. Sánchez, who will appear via Zoom, is a third-generation Spanish veterinarian whose memoir looks at how we view...

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