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OCTOBER 1-7, 2018 OCTOBERiowacitybookfestival.org 1-7 THE IOWA CITY BOOK FESTIVAL IS A CELEBRATION OF BOOKS, READING AND WRITING. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDES READINGS, DISCUSSIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF AUTHORS. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. iowacitybookfestival.org THE IOWA CITY BOOK FESTIVAL IS A CELEBRATION OF BOOKS, READING AND WRITING. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDES READINGS, DISCUSSIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF AUTHORS. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. iowacitybookfestival.org Oct. 1-7, 2018

STAFF This year we celebrate two significant milestones as we embark on the Iowa City Book Nearly all Book Festival: This is the 10th anniversary of Iowa City’s designation as a UNESCO City of Festival events are Executive Literature, and this is the 10th Iowa City Book Festival. offered without Director charge. But they are John Kenyon Iowa City, the third city in the world to earn the City of Literature designation, is now one not free. Your tax- of 28 in the world and one of 180 members of UNESCO’s multi-art form Creative Cities deductible donation Director of Network. We were recognized for many reasons: The world-renowned writing programs gives us the ability Operations at the University of Iowa, including the Writers’ Workshop and International Writing to continue working Rachael Carlson Program, Spanish Creative Writing MFA, the Non-fiction program and more, our small toward our mission presses and magazines, our libraries, our bookstores, and amenities like the Iowa Avenue to celebrate and Marketing Literary Walk. While you are here, we encourage you to explore all of this and more. support literature Assistant on a local, regional, Sarah Nelson The Iowa City Book Festival has been a feature of that literary culture for the past 10 national, and years. The festival began as a a one-day event in July 2009 coordinated by the University of international level, Interns Iowa Libraries and the University of Iowa Press, in part to celebrate the acquisition of the connecting readers Julia Beasley library’s 5 millionth volume and the 40th anniversary of the press. (Trivia: the 5 millionth and writers through Naomi Smullen book was The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa from the UI Press). Those involved, including the power of story. other partners, thought the newly christened City of Literature should have a book festival. Please support the Program Design Book Festival and the Little Village Fast forward, and the festival is now a week-long event operated by the City of Literature City of Literature organization, which took over in 2013. Though it has grown in scope and size, at its heart, by visiting Cover Design the festival still is a celebration of the best national and international literature and a bit.ly/COLsupport Mara Cole spotlight on the great work being done locally by our writers, publishers, editors, translators or calling and others. (319) 887-6100.

Many people helped to make this year’s festival happen. They include: Anna Barker, Hugh On the cover: Dina Ferrer, Kathleen Johnson, Andre Perry, Matt Steele, Jan Weissmiller. Nayeri, Sjon, Wayetu Moore, Sunni THANK YOU: The Coralville Public Library, Susan Craig, Mara Cole, the Englert Overend, Mary Theatre, FilmScene, Beth Fisher, Alison Ames Galstad, the International Writing Program, Kubica, Art Cullen, the Iowa City Public Library, Iowa Public Radio, Iowa Writers’ House, Little Village, Mike Mullin, Dan Ina Loewenberg, M.C. Ginsberg, United Way of Johnson County, Prairie Lights, Jordan Kaufman, Common, Sellergren, and Iowa Public Radio. A special thank you to the original festival committee William Kent for setting the bar high for future festivals, especially co-chairs Kristi Bontrager and Greg Krueger, and Fatima Prickman. Farheen Mirza

2 iowacitybookfestival.org Monday/Tuesday All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

The Green Room Featuring Kathy Eldon Monday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m., The Englert Theatre

aught by the University of Iowa’s David Gould, The TGreen Room meets at 7 p.m. on select Monday nights in August through October at The Englert Theatre. Find your community, share your thoughts, and join us for this one-of-a-kind, multi-dimensional learning experience. This edition of the Green Room, presented in conjunction with the Iowa City Book Festival, features Cedar Rapids native Kathy Eldon. She has worked as a teacher, journalist, author, and film and television producer in England, Africa and the United States. In 1998, Kathy launched Creative Visions Foundation, inspired by the life of her son, Dan Eldon­ – artist, creative activist, and photojournalist who was killed at the age of 22 in 1993, while on assignment for Reuters in Somalia. Since 2004, the organization has acted as an incubator, accelerator, and agency for more than 360 projects and productions by artists, filmmakers, playwrights, and leaders of social movements who use media and the arts to ignite positive social change. Free and open to the public.

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever: Celebrating Childe Harold at 200 Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7-8:30 p.m., Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A

n evening of literary history and music, celebrating the A200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s epic poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,” and the poem’s international influence. The evening eatures artistic and musical interjections by William Turner, Alexander Pushkin, and Hector Berlioz. Free and open to the public.

iowacitybookfestival.org 3 Miscellaneous Events

Alex Salkever: Your Happiness Was Hacked Tuesday, Oct. 2, noon, MERGE

lex Salkever, Awriter, futurist, and technology leader, will discuss his new co-authored book, Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning The Battle We The Animals To Control Your Brain – And How To Fight Friday, Sept. 28–Thursday, Oct. 11, Back. This event, sponsored by Hills FilmScene. Check www.icfilmscene. Bank, will feature lunch and a chance org for showtimes to hear from this Fortune columnist and thought leader. RSVP for lunch at www. s three. Us brothers. Us kings, iowacitybookfestival.org/salkever Uinseparable. Three boys tear through their childhood, in the midst Manuscripts of their young parents’ volatile love in the that makes and unmakes the family Curriculum many times over. While Manny and Joel Tuesday, Oct. 2, grow into versions of their loving and 4-7 p.m., Reading unpredictable father, Ma seeks to shelter Room, 3rd Floor of her youngest, Jonah, in the cocoon of Iowa United National the University of home. More sensitive and conscious than Association Iowa Main Library his older siblings, Jonah increasingly UDHR@70 Poster embraces an imagined world all his own. Exhibition oin the With a screenplay by Dan Kitrosser and Tuesday, Oct. 2-Saturday, Oct. 12, JUniversity of Jeremiah Zagar based on the celebrated Iowa City Public Library, viewable Iowa Libraries novel by Justin Torres (University of during regular library hours Special Collections Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate), “We for an open house featuring over 20 The Animals” is a visceral coming-of-age he Iowa UNA celebrates the 70th unique manuscripts dating from the 13th story propelled by layered performances Tanniversary of the Universal through the 19th century. Explore the from its astounding cast – including Declaration of Human Rights with an artistry and craftsmanship that went into three talented, young first-time actors exhibition of posters drawn from a 1949 every object and witness the evolution – and stunning animated sequences, UNESCO filmstrip developed to spark of book production over the centuries. which bring Jonah’s torn inner world interest in human rights. Additional This is a very special opportunity to see to life. Drawing from his documentary images come from international graphic manuscripts temporarily on loan to the background, director Jeremiah Zagar artists depicting a specific article or the University alongside some staff favorites creates an immersive portrait of working declaration as a whole. from our own collection. class family life and brotherhood.

4 iowacitybookfestival.org All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Miscellaneous Events

Poetry reading Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights

hree poets, including the Civic Poet Tfrom fellow U.S. City of Literature, Seattle, and a Writers’ Workshop graduate, will read. Anastacia-Reneé, Seattle’s Civic Poet and 2015-17 Hugo House Poet-in-Residence, reads from (v.) (Gramma Poetry). Jane Gregory is from Tucson and lives in Oakland, and reads from her new collection, Yeah No (The Song Cave). Emily Sieu Liebowitz grew up in the San Francisco area. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she co-edits LVNG Magazine and lives in Brooklyn, New York, reads from National Park (Gramma Poetry). James Autry reading Wednesday, 7 p.m., Oct. 3, Prairie Lights

utry, a Des AMoines author who is a former Fortune 500 executive, will read from his new book, The Cold Warrior: When Flying was Dangerous and Sex Was Safe.

Public Reading: Frankenstein Wednesday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Old Capitol East Entrance or Old Capitol Supreme Court Chamber in inclement weather

elebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with a public Creading of the novel. Sign up to read Wednesday, October 3 at the Old Capitol East Entrance or Old Capitol Supreme Court Chamber in inclement weather. 20 minute reading slots are available starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 6:00 p.m., or until the book ends. Sign up at www.iowacitybookfestival.org/ frankenstein “Catastrophic Reading: A Creaturely Library” Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7-8:30 p.m., Public Library Meeting Room A

anel discussion on Plutarch, Milton, Goethe, and Mary Shelley and the Prole of books in Frankenstein. Panelists: Eric Gidal, Waltraud Maierhofer, Blaine Greteman, and Jeffrey Beneker

iowacitybookfestival.org 5 Miscellaneous Events All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

“The Monster in the Gallery Walk: Westgate Machine: Frankenstein Collection of Children’s and Film” Book Art Wednesday, Oct. 3, 9-10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, 5-7 p.m. Iowa City FilmScene Public Library Children’s Room A discussion with Professor Corey Creekmur. he Library owns more than 60 Tpieces of original art, including Screening: Frankenstein works by internationally-known artists and Bride of Frankenstein like Dr. Seuss, Ezra Jack Keats, Taro Wednesday, Oct. 3, 10 p.m., Yashima, Charles Schultz, and Margaret FilmScene ($8.50 general public). and H.A. Rey, as well as art by renowned illustrators with a connection to the Iowa City area, such as Cynthia Jabar, Ellie Simmons, and Will Thomson. The Welcome to Night Vale book art is back on display throughout with Special Guest Mal the Children’s Room after a year-long Blum Thursday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m., absence for preservation efforts. The The Englert Theatre library will also unveil our most recent acquisitions from Claudia McGehee and elcome to Night Vale is a twice- Jennifer Black Reinhardt. Wmonthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert Frankenstein: town of Night Vale, featuring local Relics and Ripples weather, news, announcements from the Saturday, Oct. 6, 2-4 p.m., Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights UI Special Collections in the night sky, dark hooded figures A presentation of rare materials relating with unknowable powers, LitCity project and cultural events. Tickets Thursday, Oct. 4, 12 p.m., Iowa City available at www.Englert.org or Public Library, Meeting Room A. at the Englert box office.

he LitCity project is a digital library IWP Panel: You Tand website which features and Must Read This highlights important Iowa City literary Friday, Oct. 5, Noon, Iowa landmarks, including locations where City Public Library writers lived, worked, gave readings, Meeting Room A socialized, and were inspired by the town. The site comes equipped with riters from the a mapping component for users to WUniversity of Iowa’s pinpoint certain locations in town where International Writing these writers spent time writing and Program discussion some of their to the creation of the novel and its socializing in town. This technology favorite books. Panelists: Tehila Hakimi author, with Peter Balestrieri, Science allows you to locate places such as where (Israeli poet, fiction writer and graphic Fiction and Popular Culture Curator, Kurt Vonnegut resided while living in novelist), Rasha Khayat (Germany; University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa City, or how Flannery O’Connor raised in Saudi Arabia, blogger, fiction, considered St. Mary’s Church on East theater, journalism, translation), Chow Screening: Jefferson Street a home away from Hon Fai (Hong Kong prose and poetry), Young Frankenstein home. Essentially, LitCity takes us on a and Dan Coman (Romanian poet and Saturday, Oct. 6, 11 p.m., FilmScene virtual tour of the town, while getting to novelist). (free with UI student ID, $6.50 general know a little bit more about the lives of public) these literature icons. Paul Engle Prize

day has contributed to the betterment of has published two novels. Her debut, A the world through the literary arts. Teaspoon of Earth and Sea, was released Nayeri will receive the prize, which in 2013 and translated to 14 foreign includes a one-of-a-kind work of art languages. Her second novel, Refuge, was and $10,000, during a special ceremony released in 2017 and was a New York on Oct. 4. The event is at 7 p.m. at the Times editor’s choice. Her acclaimed Coralville Public Library. Reception and essay “The Ungrateful Refugee,” was book signing will follow. published in The Guardian as a Long The event is free and open Read in 2017 and was anthologized to the public. in The Displaced, a collection edited by Speaking about the Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Than Nguyen. award, Nayeri said she She holds a BA from Princeton, an was honored and moved MBA and Master of Education, both by the news. from Harvard, and an MFA from the “Iowa City is where Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was I accepted myself as a a Truman Capote Fellow and Teaching writer, as an Iranian, Writing Fellow. She lives in London. Paul Engle Prize: and also an American,” The Paul Engle Prize is made Dina Nayeri she said. “It was a place possible through the generous support Award ceremony, Thursday, of rebirth. Every day I of the City of Coralville, which is home Oct. 4, 7 p.m., Coralville Public Library walked into Dey House, passing the great to 11 permanent sculptures with artistic Jim McPherson as he chatted with my and literary ties to Iowa. The sculptures ina Nayeri will receive the 2018 classmates and I felt lucky. I read his work all have ties to work found in The Iowa DPaul Engle Prize, presented by the and tried to find the courage to talk to Writers’ Library, housed in the Coralville Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature him about it. To be named to an award Marriott, which features about 800 books organization, at this year’s festival. She is that he inaugurated in his final decade written by former students, graduates and the seventh recipient of the award. makes me feel a part of something faculty of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The prize, established in 2011, beautiful and important. I hope I can The Engle Prize itself is a one- honors an individual who, like Paul Engle, inspire half as much joy and resolve as of-a-kind work of art created by M.C. represents a pioneering spirit in the world that brilliant man inspired in me.” Ginsberg in Iowa City. of literature through writing, editing, Nayeri is a novelist, essayist and publishing, or teaching, and whose active activist who has written extensively about participation in the larger issues of the the life and challenges of refugees. She

was published in August Ari Berman 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Give Us the Ballot Giroux, and is as relevant Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m., Meeting Room as ever. He has written A, Iowa City Public Library extensively about American politics, civil rights, and the he the lead-up to the 2018 intersection of money and Tmidterm elections, the issues of politics. His stories have also gerrymandering, voter registration, and appeared in The New York voter suppression are on the minds of Times, Rolling Stone, and The many. Ari Berman, a senior reporter for Guardian, and he is a frequent Mother Jones and a Fellow at The Nation guest and commentator on Institute, is an expert on these topics and MSNBC and NPR. will address them and others in this Book This event is co-sponsored by the Festival talk. Johnson County League of Women His book, Give Us the Ballot: The Voters and the University of Iowa Public Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, Policy Center.

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A ICPL Meeting Room A C MERGE F Poindexter 123 S Linn St. 136 S. Dubuque St. 210 S Dubuque St. Sponsored by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center 10 a.m. Sjon, Codex 1962: A Trilogy 10 a.m. Denise Bogard, After Elise 11:30 a.m. Sunni Overend, The Rules 11:30 a.m. James Anderson Lullaby 10 a.m. Chuy Renteria, Sadagat of Backyard Croquet Road Aliyeva, & Melissa Palma read from 1 p.m. ZP Dala, The Architecture of Loss 1 p.m. Rick Harsch, Voices After Evelyn We the Interwoven. 2:30 p.m. Nancy Rommelman, To the 2:30 p.m.. Panel: Publishing and 11:30 a.m. Silvia Hidalgo, How to Be an Bridge Realistic Expectations: Steve American 4 p.m. David Small, Home After Dark Semken, Todd Kimm, Andrea 1 p.m. Dan Kaufman, The Fall of Wilson, Sal Marici Wisconsin D Masonic Building 312 E College St. 2:30 p.m. Max Allan Colllins, Scarface G The Englert Theatre and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot 221 E Washington St. Ness and the Battle for Chicago Note: Please check the schedule at 4 p.m. Art Cullen, Storm Lake www.iowacitybookfestival.org for the full 2:30 p.m. Common, One Day It’ll All lineup for each panel. Make Sense A ICPL Teen Center 10 a.m. Panel: Politics 123 S Linn St. 11:30 a.m. Panel: Writing as Recovery 1 p.m. Panel: Who Do You Read? Vendor List: MERGE Book Fair 1 p.m. Mike Mullin, Surface Tension 2:30 p.m. Panel: A Sense of Place 4 p.m. Panel: Technology • The Center For Afrofuturist Studies B Prairie Lights Bookstore (CAS) 15 S Dubuque St. E FilmScene • Iowa City Press Co-Op 10 a.m. Wayetu Moore, She Would Be 118 E College St. • Iowa City Unesco City of King. Literature 11:30 a.m. Mary Kubica, When the 10 a.m. Tim Harwood, Ball Hawks • Ice Cube Press Lights Go Out 11:30 a.m. Mark Wilson, The Way of • The Iowa Review 1 p.m. William Kent Krueger, Nile Kinnick Jr.: Insights, Images and • Iowawatch.org Desolation Mountain Stories of Iowa’s 1939 Heisman Trophy • Iowa Writers’ House 2:30 p.m. Mindy Mejia, Leave No Trace Winner • Iowa Youth Writing Project 4 p.m. Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place • KICI-LP Radio For Us • MindBridge • North American Review • Promptpress • Public Space One • University Of Iowa Press • Usborne Books And More

8 iowacitybookfestival.org Panels All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

A Sense of Place Place and setting are key in many kinds of writing. How do you convey a sense of place or paint a 80 unique landscape? In what ways does location contribute to your IOWA AVE. LIT WALK writing? Can a literary work truly be ‘universal,’ or will place always determine how a piece is understood?

LIT WALK Writing as Recovery B Isn’t most writing fundamentally PRAIRIE grounded in pain, trauma, loss? How LIGHTS does one write through such profound DUBUQUE ST. experiences in a meaningful way, and does writing ultimately release this trauma?

WASHINGTON ST. Technology What are the challenges, G ENGLERT consequences, and strategies for controlling a life online, in social media, the 24/7 stream of emails, LIT WALK endless access to others’ words? How do texting, blogging, posting, and tweeting affect your writing. How BOOK does the preponderance of outlets for FAIR/

OLD CAPITOL MALL free writing impact your ability to be E FILMSCENE C MERGE ICPL A MASONIC paid for your work? D POP-UP LODGE Who Do You Read? IOWA CITY PED MALL COLLEGE ST. What authors do you love to read, in your own or other literatures? Has one writer or one particular text been F POINDEXTER the igniting experience that opened (AT THE GRADUATE) up the path of writing for you?

Politics Writers discuss how the current political landscape affects their work and the role politics should play, if at BURLINGTON ST. all, in their writing.

LINN ST. Publishing, Writing and Real Life CLINTON ST. DUBUQUE ST. Perspectives. Those involved locally in the publishing industry discuss the opportunities and challenges in publishing your work and provide tips on working with editors and publishers through the process.

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One Day It’ll Ira Byock Saying The Four All Make Sense: Things that A presentation by Matter Most by Common Saturday, Oct. Dr. Ira Byock 6, 2:30 p.m., Englert Theatre Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m., Coralville Center for he rapper and actor Performing Arts TCommon will discuss his memoir, One Day It’ll All n advocate for Make Sense in this special Book Aimproving care Festival appearance during a through the end of life, visit to Iowa City sponsored by Dr. Byock is the author the University of Iowa Lecture of The Four Things That Committee and other sponsors. Matter Most: A Book In this candid, New York Times About Living and The Best bestselling memoir, Common tells of his childhood on Care Possible, as well as Chicago’s South side through to his emergence as one of numerous journal articles rap’s biggest names. The poet Maya Angelou said, “His and opinion columns. As one of the foremost palliative-care story is the story of all young people trying to grow up. physicians in the country, Dr. Byock argues that how we die is His saga reminds the reader that love liberates and poverty among the biggest national crises facing us today. cripples. Common writes beautifully, like the poet he is.” The Four Things that Matter Most, originally published in 2004, has changed the lives of thousands who have turned to Author’s Corner it for guidance, comfort, and help to mend relationships before it’s too late. Pre-registration is encouraged. Please visit http:// ocal authors will read from their work throughout the bit.ly/Byock or call Barbara Barrows at Iowa City Hospice at Lday at the Pop-up Unit near the library playground on (319) 351-5665. Doors open at 6 p.m. the downtown pedestrian mall.

10:30 a.m. Terri Nekvinda, author of Pepper’s Delightful Discovery and Pepper Plans a Party. Coffee with Dan less to arrive at a definitive 11:15 a.m. Laura Kieger, author of Summer’s Oct, 7, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., answer than to understand Complaint. Poindexter (Graduate) how literature, business, 12:15 p.m. Jerry Parrish, author of Steel Toes and governance, and community Teeth. offee with Dan features action all contribute to the 1 p.m. Eliza David, author of The Follow. Cconversations intended vision of a just society. 1:45 p.m. Preston Shires, author of Knight Time for to foster a more thoughtful The format: Dan will Paris and Life in a Casket. community, one characterized hold a short conversation 2:30 p.m. Fabiola Manyi-Orellana, author of both by care and by with each of the panelists Bound by Hurt. contemplation. This Coffee (local figures prominent in 3:15 p.m. Joseph Dobrian, author of Ambitions. with Dan panel features four politics and journalism) about guests who will speak to the how business, governance, Literature Kiosk themes generated by four of and literary journalism Saturday, Oct. 6, MERGE the authors at this year’s Book interweave – and what Festival: Ari Berman, Silvia Iowans can do about it as he University of Iowa Libraries, in Hildago, Dan Kaufman, the November 2018 election Tpartnership with the Iowa City UNESCO and Art Cullen. The central looms. He then will facilitate City of Literature, is bringing Literature Kiosks question for the panel is: What a conversation among to Iowa City. These kiosks allow on-demand possibilities for citizen political the panelists, highlighting printing of short prose or poetry. Users press engagement can take seriously how differences can be the 1, 3, or 5 minute button on the kiosk and the changes to our current respectfully maintained. instantly receive a free printout of a literary political landscape without Those who are curious work. Try out the first Literary Kiosk during resorting to reactionary about specific questions are the Book Festival’s book fair at MERGE. partisanship? The point is invited to email questions to

10 iowacitybookfestival.org For times & locations see map on pages 8–9. Events subject to change. For the most complete schedule, Please visit www.iowacitybookfestival.org. See schedule on p. 8 for panel participants [email protected] Derek Nnuro Eduardo by 8 p.m. on Oct. 6. Although matriarchal thread is of Halfon Dan cannot guarantee each particular interest to both question will be asked, he will writer-performers, as Nnuro’s work to integrate as many Ashanti culture is matriarchal, questions as possible into the and Cage Conley’s manifested conversation. as such as well. By necessity, Please visit www. the paternal has a heartbeat iowacitybookfestival.org to in these letters, for how can receive updated information the maternal be explored about the panelists. completely separate from the paternal? This performance Reading Aloud: is culled from a unique Reader’s Choices socio-political moment in the Oct. 7, 1 p.m., Meeting US, in which questions arise Room A, Iowa City Public Tameka constantly about how “an his latest novel, Mourning. The Library Cage American” is defined and book was recently translated Conley how we might collectively and into English and is available he poetry reading group individually feel about our from Bellvue Literary Press. Tfrom the Senior Center country—as homeland and as He will read in both English will read some of their favorite motherland—is challenged. and Spanish. A native of selections. After the performance, Guatemala, Halfon is the workshop attendants will be author of 14 books published 100 Years of invited to delve into their in Spanish and three novels Longfellow own origins, histories, and published in English. Oct. 7, 1 p.m., turbulence along the way, and Prairie Lights Books write about them in epistolary Walking Tour of form. Literary Iowa City tudents and teachers from Oct. 7, 4:–5:30 p.m. SLongfellow Elementary Reading: Faisal School share their book The Reclamation Oddang & tart at the Iowa Writers’ chronicling the century Workshop: Our Kateryna Babkina SHouse for a walking tour of history for this Iowa Mothers As Oct. 7, 4 p.m., Prairie Lights of literary sights in Iowa City. City elementary, which Homeland This will incorporate the LitCity features interviews, pictures, 2–4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 7, aisal Oddang (fiction project. This will finish at the documents, and more. Iowa City Public Library, Fwriter, poet, essayist; Mill in time for the Roast. Meeting Room A Indonesia), and Kateryna Feedback Babkina (fiction writer, The Roast Session: his performance poet, playwright; Ukraine) of Iowa City Literature Kiosk Tworkshop features two from the University of Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m., The Mill Oct. 7, 1:30 p.m., MERGE writers, one African and the Iowa International Writing (120 E Burlington St.) other African American, in Program will read their work. nterested in learning more direct conversation with each ear after year, some of Iabout the new Literary other, interrogating themes Eduardo Ythe area’s most treasured Kiosks debuted on Saturday of family, heartbreak, class, Halfon reading comics and writers gather at the festival’s Book Fair? and childhood. Anchored Oct, 7, 2:30 p.m., together to relentlessly burn UI Libraries staff will hold in the maternal audacity Prairie Lights Books and mock everything sacred an community feedback and of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and dear about our town. It’s information session to learn Derek Nnuro and Tameka duardo Halfon, who the 9th annual Roast of Iowa how you think these kiosks can Cage Conley will perform Eis a visiting instructor City, the exclamation point on become part of Iowa City’s a series of letters written at the University of Iowa’s the Iowa City Book Festival! vibrant literature community to each other about their Spanish Creative Writing Hosted by Jessica Misra. and where to locate them. own maternal stories. The MFA program, will read from Doors open at 5 p.m.

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Haifa Abu Al-Nadi of poetry, prose, and fiction have Ari Berman is a former a counseling tool widely by Jordan is a poet, fiction writer, been published widely. senior contributing writer for palliative care and hospice screenwriter, translator, and The Nation magazine and a programs, as well as within professor of English. Author James Anderson was born in Fellow at The Nation Institute. pastoral care. of two cross-genre collections, Seattle and raised in Oregon His book, Give Us the Ballot: The she researches social issues, and the Pacific Northwest. He Modern Struggle for Voting Rights Tameka Cage Conley, PhD, music, film, international is a graduate of Reed College in America, was published in is a literary artist who writes literature, and her poetry ap- in Portland, Oregon, and August 2015 by Farrar, Straus poetry, plays, fiction, and pears frequently in Jordanian received his master’s degree and Giroux. He has written essays. Her work has appeared periodicals. in creative writing from Pine extensively about American in Callaloo, African American Manor College in Boston. For politics, civil rights, and the Review, and Huizache, for which Usman Ali of Pakistan is a many years he worked in book intersection of money and she is also Contributing Poetry playwright instrumental in Pa- publishing. Other jobs have politics. Editor. Her libretto, RISE, kistan’s theater scene, founding included logging, commer- premiered at the AME Met- the only theater in the city of cial fishing and, briefly, truck Denise Pattiz Bogard has ropolitan Church in Washing- Mandi Bahauddin. His plays driver. He currently divides his been writing professionally ton, D.C. She is a graduate of have been widely studied time between Ashland, Ore., for more than 30 years. Her the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. throughout Pakistan, and three and the Four Corners region first novel, The Middle Step, will be staged at the The Royal of the American Southwest. was released in 2015. Denise Chow Hon-Fai of Hong Court Theatre in England. earned her MFA in creative Kong writes prose and poetry James A. Autry is a former writing from the University of under the pen name Bohemia, Sadagat Aliyeva is a librari- Fortune 500 executive, who Missouri-St. Louis and her BS and his award-winning writing an in Clive, Iowa. She emigrat- is also an author, poet and in journalism and history from examines the absurd effects ed to the United States from business coach. He lives in Indiana University. She is the of poverty and grief. Bohemia Azerbaijan. She contributed to Des Moines. He is the author founder of St. Louis Writers uses techniques traditional the collection We the Interwoven of 15 books, including The Workshop and coordinated to filmmaking to incorporate as part of the Bicultural Iowa Cold Warrior: When Flying was the writing program at Lift For movement, light, and sound in Writers’ Fellowship from the Dangerous and Sex Was Safe. He Life Academy charter middle his writing. Iowa Writers’ House. also is the author of Everyday and high school in downtown Virtues: Classic Tales to Read with St. Louis. Her new novel After Eman Alyousuf of the Unit- Kids, written with his son, Rick. Elise was named a finalist in ed Arab Emirates is a chemical Other of his books address the 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom engineer, journalist, and fiction servant leadership, gratitude, Creative Writing Contest, writer who has stated that her and business poetry. novel-in-progress category. role as a writer is to provoke readers to ask questions. Her Kateryna Babkina of Rumena Bužarovska of feminist short film “Ghafa” Ukraine is a fiction writer, Macedonia spearheaded (screened at the 2017 Dubai poet, and playwright often Macedonia’s #metoo move- International Film Festival) re- called the voice of her gener- ment (#Segakazuvam, which ceived criticism for addressing ation, and published her first translates to “I’m Telling controversial topics. book at age 17. Her children’s Now”). Named in 2016 as book Cappy and the Whale, a one of Ten New Voices from Anastacia-Renee is the commercial success, raised Europe to Watch, she is an Max Allan Collins current Seattle Civic Poet funds for pediatric cancer. award-winning teacher, writer, and former 2015-2017 Hugo and activist for marginalized House Poet-in-Residence. Bayasgalan Batsuuri of populations in her country. Max Allan Collins is a She is a hybrid genre writer, Mongolia is a poet, translator, frequent Mystery Writers of workshop facilitator, and and founder of the publishing Dr. Ira Byock is a leading America “Edgar” nominee in multivalent artist. In addition house Tagtaa, which aims to palliative care physician, both fiction and non-fiction to (v.), she is the author of broaden gender representation author, and public advocate categories, he has earned an Forget It (Black Radish Press), in literature to combat system- for improving care through unprecedented 18 Private Eye Answer (Me) (Argus Press), and atic sexism. the end of life. The Four Things Writers of America “Shamus” 26 (Dancing Girl Press). Her That Matter Most is used as nominations, winning for his

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Nathan Heller novels, True ignite positive social change. from UW La Crosse and lived Detective and Stolen Away. His there off and on for 22 years. graphic novel Road to Perdition Jane Gregory is from Tucson The author lives in Izola still, (1998) is the basis of the and lives in Oakland. Yeah with his wife and two children. Academy Award-winning 2002 No (The Song Cave, 2018) is He teaches about 100 hours a film. His many comics credits her second book. Her first, year at a maritime academy in include the syndicated strip My Enemies, was published by Trieste, and has co-authored Dick Tracy (1977 - 1993), and The Song Cave in 2013. She numerous scientific works in his own Ms. Tree (longest-run- is co-founder and co-editor the maritime field. Z.P. Dala ning private eye comic book). of Nion Editions, a chapbook His new book is Scarface and press. Tim Harwood is a broad- the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Z.P. Dala is a freelance writer caster, writer, and sports Ness, and the Battle for Chicago. and psychologist. Her debut Tehila Hakimi of Israel is a historian who has covered novel, What About Meera, was poet, fiction writer, mechanical sports in northeast Iowa since Dan Coman of Romania has longlisted for both the Etisalat engineer, and graphic novelist, 2005. In his book, Ball Hawks, published four books of poems Prize for Fiction (the most winning the Bernstein Prize he recounts the story of the and three novels. His writing prestigious literary prize for Literature, the Yehoshua Waterloo Hawks, an NBA has received many awards for African fiction) and the Rabinowitz Foundation Prize team that competed during including the Crystal Vilenica Sunday Times Barry Ronge for Literature, and the Israeli the league’s first season, 1949 Prize, and Radio Romania’s Fiction Prize (South Africa’s Ministry of Culture Prize for to 1950. Cultural Award – twice – and biggest literary award). She Emerging Poets. his work has been antholo- has written opinion pieces for gized and translated into seven New York Times Magazine, Marie Eduardo Halfon was born languages. Claire, and Elle. In 2017, she in Guatemala City, moved to participated in the UI’s In- the United States at the age Common has earned a ternational Writing Program. of 10, went to school in South reputation in the hip-hop The Architecture of Loss is her Florida, studied industrial world as a conscious artist second novel. She has lived engineering at North Carolina by embracing themes of love and worked in Dublin and now State University, and then and struggle in his songs. His lives in Durban, South Africa. returned to Guatemala to journey toward understanding teach literature for eight years is rooted in his relationship Kathy Eldon was born in at Universidad Francisco Mar- with a remarkable woman, Cedar Rapids and graduat- roquín. He is the author of 14 his mother. He holds nothing ed from Wellesley College. books published in Spanish Silvia Hidalgo back in his gripping memoir, She has worked as a teacher, and three novels published in One Day It’ll All Make Sense. journalist, author, and film and English: Mourning; Monastery, television producer in England, longlisted for the Best Translat- Silvia Hidalgo is an author Art Cullen is half the own- Africa, and the United States. ed Book Award; and The Polish and illustrator who was born ership and 25 percent of the In 1998 Kathy launched Boxer, a New York Times Edi- in Costa Rica and moved to news staff of The Storm Lake Creative Visions Foundation, tors’ Choice selection. Halfon the U.S. in 1998. While she Times (founded by his brother inspired by the life of her son, currently lives in Nebraska and was studying for her citizen- John) and winner of the 2017 Dan Eldon – artist, creative frequently travels to Guatema- ship test, she took to illustrat- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial activist, and photojournalist la. He is a visiting instructor ing the different facts about Writing for his editorials taking killed at the age of 22 in 1993, at the University of Iowa’s government and American on corporate agribusiness for while on assignment for Reu- Spanish Creative Writing MFA history to more easily absorb fouling the state’s water and ters in Somalia. Since 2004, program the information. She’s col- despoiling its soil. He was pro- the organization has acted as lected that information here, filed by The New York Times, The an incubator, accelerator, and Rick Harsch appeared on as a freshly designed and Washington Post, NPR, Katie agency for more than 360 proj- the American literary scene illustrated two-color guide to Couric, and many other places ects and productions by artists, in 1997 with The Driftless all things America. How to Be after winning. Storm Lake is his filmmakers, playwrights, and Trilogy. Born and bred in the an American is an innovative first book. leaders of social movements Midwest, Harsch received de- educational tool, and a timely who use media and the arts to grees in sociology and history reminder of the importance

iowacitybookfestival.org 13 Featured Authors of understanding and up- for native Germans. She ture. Her first novel The Good holding the core values of our writes fiction, as well as for the Girl, was an Indie Next pick democracy. theater and newspapers, trans- in August of 2014, received lates, and received the 2016 a Strand Critics Nomination Huang Chong-Kai of Kühne Prize for Best First for Best First Novel and was Taiwan is a fiction writer and Novel for For We Are Elsewhere a nominee in the Goodreads member of Alphabet Lab, a Now. Choice Awards in Debut collective of experimental writ- Goodreads Author and in ers and theorists in Taiwan. Mystery & Thriller for 2014. His own novel The Contents of the Times won the 2018 TIBE Emily Liebowitz grew up in Wayetu Book Prize for Fiction, and was the San Francisco Bay Area. A Moore one of Mirror Media Review’s graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Ten Best Books of 2017. Workshop, she co-edits LVNG Magazine and lives in Brook- Wayetu Moore’s debut novel, lyn, N.Y. National Park is her She Would Be King, was released debut poetry collection. by Graywolf Press. Moore is the founder of One Moore Bejan Matur of Turkey is a Book. One Moore Book is a William poet and non-fiction writer of 501 (c) (3) non-profit organiza- Kent Krueger Kurdish origin. Her nine books tion that encourages reading of poetry and non-fiction among children of countries have won several awards, and with low literacy rates and William Kent Krueger she’s been translated into 24 underrepresented cultures. currently makes his living as languages. She’s a graduate of Howard a full-time author. He’s been University and the University married for over 40 years to Mindy Mejia is writes what of Southern California, and Dan Kaufman a marvelous woman who is she likes to read: contempo- is currently a Margaret Mead a retired attorney. Krueger rary, plot-driven books that Fellow at Columbia University writes a mystery series set in deliver both entertainment Teachers College, where she’s Dan Kaufman is a musician the north woods of Minnesota. and substance. Mindy received researching the impact of and writer living in Brooklyn, His work has received a num- a BA from the University of culturally relevant curriculum New York. He has written ber of awards, including the Minnesota and an MFA from and learning aids in elemen- previously about the Spanish Minnesota Book Award, the Hamline University. Apart tary classrooms of underrep- Civil War for The Nation and Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, from brief stops in Iowa City resented groups. Moore is an the New York Times. His book, the Anthony Award, the Barry and Galway, she’s lived in the Africana Studies lecturer at The Fall of Wisconsin, traces the Award, the Dilys Award, and Twin Cities her entire life and City University of New York’s history of the political heritage the Friends of American held a succession of jobs from John Jay College and lives in of Wisconsin, and the overturn Writers Prize. His last eight an apple orchard laborer to Brooklyn, NY. when the state went Republi- novels were all New York Times a global credit manager. Her can for the first time in three bestsellers. Desolation Mountain, new book, Leave No Trace, was Mike Mullin’s first job was decades in 2010. Kaufman, number seventeen in his Cork released in September. scraping the gum off the a Wisconsin native, has been O’Connor series, was released undersides of desks at his high covering the story for several in August. Fatima Farheen Mirza was school. From there, things years and traces how the state’s born in 1991 and raised in went steadily downhill. So tradition of progressivism was Mary Kubica is the New York California. She is a graduate he’s really glad this writing undone. Times and USA Today bestsell- of the Iowa Writers’ Work- thing seems to be working out. ing author of four novels. A shop and a recipient of the Surface Tension is Mike’s fourth Rasha Khayat of Germany former high school history Michener-Copernicus Fellow- novel. His debut, Ashfall, was was raised in Saudi Arabia, teacher, Mary holds a Bachelor ship. Her debut novel is A Place named one of the top five now lives in Germany, and of Arts degree from Miami For Us. young adult novels of 2011 by runs the WestEast Diva blog, University in Oxford, Ohio, in National Public Radio, a Best a window into the Arab world History and American Litera- Teen Book of 2011 by Kirkus

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Reviews, and a 2016 YALSA worked briefly in creative How To Fight Back.” Previously, lished work is the definite edi- Popular Paperback. The advertising before building he co-authored with Wadhwa tion of the trilogy CoDex 1962. award-winning and highly an online fashion store and The Driver in the Driverless Car: His appearance is supported by successful Ashfall series also concurrently wrote sever- How Our Technology Choices the Icelandic Literature Center. includes Ashen Winter (2012) al contemporary fiction Can Change the Future. He is a and Sunrise (2014). manuscripts. In 2015 she columnist for Fortune and previ- David Small was born and signed a two-book deal with ously served as the Technology raised in Detroit. After getting Derek Nnuro is a HarperCollins Publishers and Editor at BusinessWeek.com his MFA at the Yale Graduate Ghanaian-American fiction now lives with her architect and as a guest researcher at the School of Art, David taught writer based in Iowa City. He husband in Melbourne where Duke University Pratt School art for many years on the is a graduate of the fiction she writes full-time. of Engineering. college level, ran a film series, program at the Iowa Writers’ and made satirical sketches for Workshop, where he was a re- Melissa Palma is an Chandramohan campus newspapers. Recogni- cipient of the Meta Rosenberg Iowa-raised daughter of Sathyanathan of India uses tion for David’s books include Memorial Fellowship and a Filipino immigrants and lives performance and mixed-genre The Caldecott Medal (So You Teaching Writing Fellowship. in Waterloo. She contributed to poetry to explore discrimina- Want To Be President?, 2001), The He is working on an untitled the collection We the Interwoven tion in his country, especially Caldecott Honor (The Gardener, novel set in Ghana, West as part of the Bicultural Iowa towards members, like himself, 1998), National Book Award Africa; Houston, Texas; and Writers’ Fellowship from the of the dalit caste. Finalist (Stitches, 2009 and The Alexandria, Virginia. Iowa Writers’ House. Underneath, 2008), Christopher Award (That Book Woman, Faisal Oddang of Chuy Renteria was born in 2009 and The Gardener, 1998), Indonesia is a fiction writer, Iowa City and raised in West ABBY Award Honor Book (The poet, essayist, and translator, Liberty, Iowa. He is an adjunct Gardener, 1997 and The Library, commissioned to translate “La faculty member in the Univer- 1995), The New York Times Out- Galigo,” the longest poem ever sity of Iowa Dance Department standing Book of the Year (The written, a folk tale of the Bugis and is the Public engagement Library, 1995), and a Featured people—a marginalized com- coordinator for Hancher Selection for more than 10 munity in Indonesia. Oddang Auditorium. He contributed to years on Reading Rainbow researches the five genders the collection We the Interwoven (Imogene’s Antlers, 1985). of the Bugis people and has as part of the Bicultural Iowa received many awards. Writers’ Fellowship from the Mark Wilson is the author Iowa Writers’ House. of The Way of Nile Kinnick Jr.: Sjón Insights, Images and Stories of Nancy Rommelmann is an Iowa’s 1939 Heisman Trophy author and journalist whose Winner, a compilation of 366 work appears in the Wall Street Sjón, born in Reykjavik in memorable quotes from the Journal, the LA Weekly, The New 1962, is a celebrated Icelandic letters, journals, and speeches York Times, Reason and other novelist. He won the Nordic of Nile Kinnick, Iowa football’s publications. She is the author Council’s Literary Prize for first and only Heisman Trophy of To the Bridge: A true story of his novel The Blue Fox (the winner. Wilson has been an Motherhood and Murder. as well Nordic countries’ equivalent avid Iowa Hawkeye fan since as several previous works of of the Man Booker Prize) and childhood. In retirement, he fiction and nonfiction. She lives the novel From The Mouth Of is volunteering as an ambas- Sunni in New York City and Portland, The Whale was shortlisted for sador for The University of Overend Ore. both the International IMPAC Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame Dublin Literary Award and the and Museum, attending and Alex Salkever is a writer, Independent Foreign Fiction supporting Hawkeye athletic Sunni Overend is a futurist and technology leader. Prize. His novel Moonstone – The events, and maintaining his graphic design graduate, He is the co-author with Vivek Boy Who Never Was was awarded Hawk Room of personal mem- and the daughter of the late, Wadhwa of Your Happiness Was every Icelandic literature prize, orabilia from his adventures award-winning children’s Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning The among them the 2013 Icelandic and experiences as a lifetime author Jenni Overend. Sunni Battle To Control Your Brain – And Literary Prize. His latest pub- Hawkeye.

iowacitybookfestival.org 15 SATURDAY, OCT. 6 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

ICPL - Room A We the Interwoven Silvia Hidalgo Dan Kaufman Max Allan Collins Art Cullen

Prairie Lights Wayetu Moore Mary Kubica Willian Kent Mindy Mejia Fatima Mirza Krueger

Merge Sjon Sunni Overend ZP Dala Nancy David Small Rommelmann

Masonic Lodge Panel: Politics Panel: Writing Panel: Who Panel: A Sense Panel: Technology as Recovery Do You Read? of Place

Poindexter Denise Bogard James Anderson Rick Harsch Panel: Publishing and Realistic Expectations: It’s Okay If Don’t End Up Rich and Famous

Other Venues Tim Harwood, Mark Wilson ICPL Teen Center: Common Ball Hawks The Way of Nile Mike Mullin (The Englert (FilmScene) C. Kinnick, Jr. Theatre) (FilmScene)

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