BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature - ECPv5.16.1.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T190000
DTSTAMP:20261003T070819
CREATED:20260904T023414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T023414Z
UID:6092-1792177200-1792177200@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:PrairieLights: Emily Ogden – Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe
DESCRIPTION:Emily Ogden will read from her new book\, Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe. Described as “A fascinating and intimate inquiry into Edgar Allan Poe’s shadowy life and horrifyingly compelling work” (penguinrandomhouse.com)\, Darkness Becomes Bright is praised by Meghan O’Rourke\, author of The Invisible Kingdom\, as “profoundly insightful\,” while Sarah Waters\, author of The Paying Guests\, says: “A wonderfully engaging account of Poe’s troubled life and work that is also a celebration of artistic cross-fertilization. Nimble\, generous\, brimming with insight\, Ogden’s book captures the richness\, the strangeness and the unexpected beauty to be found in our enduring fascination with the dark places of the soul.” \nEmily Ogden is the author of On Not Knowing: How to Love and Other Essays and Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant\, and a Mellon Fellowship in the Columbia Society of Fellows\, she is a professor of English at the University of Virginia.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/prairielights-emily-ogden-darkness-becomes-bright-on-the-brief-life-and-immortal-art-of-edgar-allan-poe/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9780593832509.jpeg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR