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IOWACITYBOOKFESTIVAL.ORG IOWA CITY UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE PRESENTS Oct. 1-6, 2019 OCT. 1-6, 2019 recently ran into someone who told me the annual Iowa City Book Festival is her “happy place.” She I recounted events she had attended over the past few years, reciting specific details from the sessions. “I just STAFF learn so much!” she said. As we embark on the 11th annual Iowa City Book Festival, feedback like that is energizing. Providing those Executive types of experiences is the driving force behind the festival. We hope our attendees come away entertained and Director enlightened. John Kenyon I am often asked in the lead-up to each year’s festival, “Who do you have?” These well-meaning queries are in search of a name that will spark recognition, and each year we certainly offer authors with names familiar to Director of those who peruse the New York Times Book Review. But we also schedule many authors whose names might not be Operations familiar, whose works haven’t hit your radar… yet. Rachael Carlson Iowa City, the third city in the world to earn the City of Literature designation, is now one of 28 in the world and one of 180 members of UNESCO’s multi-art form Creative Cities Network. We were recognized for Marketing many reasons: The word-renowned writing programs at the University of Iowa, including the Writers’ Workshop Assistant and International Writing Program, our small presses and magazines, our wonderful libraries, our bookstores, Brooke Sarrazin and amenities like the Iowa Avenue Literary Walk. While you are here, we encourage you to explore all of this and more, to fully immerse yourself in our rich literary culture. Social Media One of the joys of being in a City of Literature is not just the opportunity to be around well-known Sarah Nelson authors, but to be around people who are toiling away on their first novel, perfecting a poem that may never see publication, interviewing someone for a groundbreaking essay or piece of nonfiction. Literature is all around Intern us here, and the Iowa City Book Festival is our small way of illuminating a portion of it. Sometimes that means John Paul shining a spotlight, while other times we are attempting to brighten the corners a bit. Cacioppo Each year, the City of Literature staff is aided in that task by many people. In addition to the dozens of volunteers who make this possible, I would like to give special thanks to Anna Barker, Hugh Ferrer, Kathleen Program Design Johnson, Jordan Sellergren, and Jan Weissmiller. Little Village In addition, I would like to thank Ina Loewenberg, Mara Cole, Beth Fisher, Maeve Clark, the Iowa City Public Library, Prairie Lights, Joe Tiefenthaler and Rebecca Fons and the staff at FilmScene, the International Cover Writing Program, M.C. Ginsberg, the City of Coralville, the Coralville Public Library, Alison Ames Galstad, illustration United Way of Johnson County, Little Village, the Iowa Writers’ House, University of Iowa Libraries, and Iowa Blair Gauntt Public Radio. John Kenyon Nearly all Book Festival events are offered without charge. But they are not free. Your financial support gives us the ability to continue working toward our mission to celebrate and support literature on a local, regional, national, and international level, connecting readers and writers through the power of story. Please donate to the Book Festival by visiting www.iowacitybookfestival.org/support or calling (319) 887-6100. 2 iowacitybookfestival.org WAR & PEACE IOWACITYBOOKFESTIVAL.ORG All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Public Reading of War and Peace Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 9 a.m.–9 p.m. / Oct. 4, 9 a.m. until it is finished, Weatherdance Fountain Stage, Pedestrian Mall (Graduate Hotel in inclement weather) ach year, the Book Festival features the public reading of a classic work of Eliterature with supporting programming throughout the week. From Monday, Sept. 30, through Friday, Oct. 4, volunteers will read Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace aloud in its entirety. This will be the 10th year Anna Barker has led this program, and the second time it has involved Tolstoy’s classic. The reading will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the Pedestrian Mall stage outside the Graduate hotel. Other programming, including partnerships with the Stanley Museum of Art, Special Collections at the UI Main Library, a screening of the classic 1966-67 film at FilmScene, and more will be a part of the celebration throughout the festival and beyond. Free and open to the public. Goya’s Disasters “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov War and Peace of War prints at the Stanley at FilmScene owa premiere of a new translation by 019 marks the 150th anniversary IRichard Nelson, Richard Pevear and n collaboration with the 2of the book publication of War and Larissa Volokhonsky IIowa City Book Festival, and Peace. The Stanley Museum of Art has in celebration of the 150th joined with Special Collections to mark Riverside Theatre anniversary of Leo Tolstoy’s epic, this occasion to pair the presentation of (213 N. Gilbert Street, Iowa City IA 52245) FilmScene presents a new digital Leo Tolstoy’s novel in conversation with Thursday, October 3, 7:30 p.m. restoration of Sergei Bondarchuk’s Francisco Goya’s Disasters of War prints. Friday, October 4, 7:30 p.m. eight-hour masterpiece. Saturday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. The University of Iowa Stanley Museum Sunday, October 6, 2 p.m. Sun. Oct. 6 of Art, “The Disasters of War” 1:30 p.m. Introduction by Anna Stanley Visual Classroom, third floor ollowing the performance on Barker, Adjunct Assistant Professor, IMU, July 30–December 8, 2019 FSaturday, Oct. 5, will be a discussion Russian Literature with University of Iowa professor Anna 2 p.m. Chapter I, Andrei Bolkonsky University of Iowa’s Main Library, Barker and the cast of “Uncle Vanya.” 4:45 p.m. Special Collections Reading Room. Anton Chekhov’s “scenes from a Chapter II, Natasha Rostova “Goya’s ‘Disasters of War’ and Tolstoy’s country life” tells the story of Vanya and 6:30 p.m. ‘War and Peace’: A Dialogue Between his niece Sonya, who devoted their rural Chapter III, The Year 1812 Art and Literature” lives to support the academic work of 8 p.m. Chapter IV, Pierre Bezukhov September 9–December 19, 2019 Sonya’s father, a retired professor. But $20 members / $25 non members when the professor’s new, young wife Recasting Tolstoy for appears on the scene, bucolic harmony Mon. Oct. 7, Wed. Oct. 9 World War II: Sergei Prokofiev’s is thrown into discord. A new version by 5:30 p.m. Encore introduction by Opera War and Peace and the Russian celebrated playwright Richard Nelson and Anna Barker on Monday, Oct. 7 Epic Tradition preeminent Russian translators Richard 6 p.m. Chapter I, Andrei Bolkonsky Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Directed by Adam Knight and Chapter II, Natasha Rostova The University of Iowa School of featuring Tim Budd, Eric Forsythe, Joshua Regular ticketing Music Voxman Building, Stark Opera Fryvecind, Katy Hahn, Rachel Lindhart, Studio (151) Jessica Link, and Krista Neumann. Tues, Oct. 8, Thurs. Oct. 10 5:30 p.m. Chapter III, The Year ar and Peace opera screening Tickets and more info about show dates before the 1812 Wwith an introduction by festival can be found at www.riversidetheatre.org 7 p.m. Chapter IV, Pierre Bezukhov Professor Nathan Platte. or 319-338-7672. Regular ticketing iowacitybookfestival.org 3 TUESDAY, OCT. 1 All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Paul Engle Prize ceremony for Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady 7 p.m., Coralville Public Library, 1401 5th St, Coralville oi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Oct. 1. The event is at 7 p.m. at the of her poems have been published in Thave been named recipients of Coralville Public Library, and is free and magazines and journals Her latest book the Paul Engle Prize, presented by the open to the public. is I: New and Selected Poems. Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature Derricotte and Eady co-founded Eady is the author of eight books organization. Cave Canem in 1996 to remedy the of poetry. His second book, Victims of The prize, established in 2011, under-representation and the Latest Dance Craze, won honors an individual who, isolation of the Lamont Prize from the like Paul Engle, represents African American Academy of American Poets a pioneering spirit in the poets in the in 1985; in 2001, Brutal world of literature through literary landscape. Imagination was a finalist for writing, editing, publishing, What started as the National Book Award. or teaching, and whose a gathering of He has taught at Notre active participation in the 26 poets is now Dame University and the larger issues of the day an influential University of Missouri. has contributed to the movement with The Paul Engle Prize betterment of the world a renowned is made possible through through the literary arts. faculty, high- the generous support of the Derricotte and Eady achieving national City of Coralville, which is become the eighth and ninth fellowship of over 400 and a home to 11 permanent sculptures with winners of the award. This workshop community of 900. artistic and literary ties to Iowa. The is the first time the award Derricotte is a poet and sculptures all have ties to work found in has been presented to two people in memoirist who is a professor emerita of The Iowa Writers’ Library, housed in the one year.