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Prairie Lights: All Iowa Reads: Rachel Mans McKenny
2022-10-14 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Established in 2003, the purpose of All Iowa Reads is to foster a sense of unity through reading. Iowans are encouraged to come together in their communities to read and talk about a single book title in the same calendar year. The 2022 All Reads selection is Rachel Mans McKenny‘s The Butterfly Effect.

ICON: 47 The Prime Universe
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-16 | Cedar Rapids Marriott, 1200 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52402, United States
ICON is an annual science fiction convention held in the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area of Iowa since 1975, usually in late October or early November, under the auspices of the Mindbridge Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation also responsible for AnimeIowa and Gamicon. The organization was a branching off of the Science Fiction League of Iowa Students, which was founded by author Joe Haldeman. It is the oldest science fiction convention in Iowa. https://iowa-icon.com/

Simon & Schuster Author Fest featuring John Irving and Jason Reynolds
2022-10-13 18:00 - 19:00 | A Virtual Event
Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp will moderate a conversation about Identity: In Fiction and in Life, with New York Times bestselling authors John Irving and Jason Reynolds.
The event will include an open chat, but no live Q&A. We are accepting a limited number of pre-submitted questions from the registrants.
This is a free, online event. Register below. We will send a link to the presentation closer to the date.
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Lan Samantha Chang
2022-10-12 19:30 | Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sit in on a one-of-a-kind conversation with Iowa Writers’ Workshop director and renowned novelist Lan Samantha Chang (93MFA), who will chat with host Charity Nebbe, of Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa, and read from her most recent book, The Family Chao. Oprah Daily Insider recognized Chang as one of eight women writers changing the world—and The Family Chao appeared on Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Reading List.
Prairie Lights Bookstore will sell copies of The Family Chao beforehand, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions after the reading. You also are invited to a book signing, on the second-floor gallery, at the end of the event.
Register today at: foriowa.info/legend-chang

Jerald Walker – James Alan McPherson and His Making of a Dragon Slayer
2022-10-11 19:00 | Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library, 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Jerald Walker, author of the 2020 National Book Award finalist How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, will discuss that work and more.
For the black community, Jerald Walker asserts in How to Make a Slave, “anger is often a prelude to a joke, as there is broad understanding that the triumph over this destructive emotion lay in finding its punchline.” It is on the knife’s edge between fury and farce that the essays in this exquisite collection balance. Whether confronting the medical profession’s racial biases, considering the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson, paying homage to his writing mentor James Alan McPherson, or attempting to break free of personal and societal stereotypes, Walker elegantly blends personal revelation and cultural critique. The result is a bracing and often humorous examination by one of America’s most acclaimed essayists of what it is to grow, parent, write, and exist as a black American male. Walker refuses to lull his readers; instead his missives urge them to do better as they consider, through his eyes, how to be a good citizen, how to be a good father, how to live, and how to love.

Co-presented by The UI Lecture Committee, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, UI African American Studies, the UI English Department

Lori Erickson and Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez: The Art, Craft and Call to be a Spiritual Writer
2022-10-10 18:30 | Coralville Public Library, 1401 5th St., Coralville, IA, 52241, United States
In this session, two of Iowa’s leading spiritual writers discuss their work. Spiritual writing is a growing subgenre in fiction as well as in memoir, poetry, meditations, and self-help. It may or may not be aligned with an organized religion, faith, belief system, or philosophy, yet all spiritual writing seeks to discover human truths and also typically struggles with how we live and develop in the midst of something larger than ourselves. This field of writing is as ancient as the earliest sacred texts and as ongoing as the poetry of Mary Carr, the theology of Howard Thurman, the novels of Marilynne Robinson, and the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh. Jennifer Ohman-Rodgriguez and Lori Erickson discuss their own spiritual explorations as a basis for their writing and the value of this type of writing for all seekers.

Morbid Curiosities & Mabbott Poe
2022-10-10 18:30 | University of Iowa Main Library Gallery, 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States
Special Collections & Archives is home to the Thomas Ollive Mabbott Papers, an intriguing collection of materials compiled by Mabbott, who was editor of the Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The papers include sources and inspirations for Poe’s work, first printings, and more. See select items up close before meeting the master of Gothic horror himself, portrayed by Darrin Crow, in Morbid Curiosities – An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe. The 80-minute performance begins at 7:00 p.m. and features some of Poe’s most beloved stories and poetry, including “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Raven,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Free and open to the public. Please click to register so that we may estimate attendance.

Les Mis in Concert – SOLD OUT!
2022-10-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Riverside Theatre, 119 E College St, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Tickets are SOLD OUT!
Join us as we celebrate the 160th anniversary of the publication of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables with a concert of selections from the musical “Les Misérables” by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.
The evening will feature Jessica Pray Patel, soprano; and Thaddeus Ennen, baritone; accompanied by
Daniel Kleinknecht on piano.
With dramatic reading of passages from the novel by Tim Budd.
Masks are required. Tickets are SOLD OUT!
Program Order
La Marseillaise (audience sing along)
I Dreamed A Dream
Who Am I?
Castle on a Cloud
Stars
In My Life
A Heart Full of Love
Bring Him Home
On My Own
A Little Fall of Rain
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Do You Hear the People Sing? (audience sing along)
Thaddeus Ennen, baritone and Iowa native, recently relocated to Cedar Rapids from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to teach voice and music at Mount Mercy University and Coe College. He holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Simpson College. He is currently finalizing his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University.
Previously, Thaddeus could be found performing opera and concerts throughout the United States. Recent engagements include work with Des Moines Metro Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera, Central City Opera, Opéra Louisiane, Santa Fe Opera, Pensacola Opera, and Knoxville Opera.
Jessica Pray Patel, soprano, has been noted for her “exquisite control and warm vocal timbre” (Jacksonville News) and her “indomitable spirit” and “sweet, clear quality” (The Day). Jessica holds a Master of Music in Voice from the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Iowa. Jessica has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Yale Symphony Orchestra, and at Carnegie Hall.
In the 2021-2022 season Jessica performed in concert as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem (Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale), Handel’s Messiah (Orchestra Iowa), Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Iowa City Chamber Singers).
Tim Budd is an actor who performs frequently in productions at Riverside Theatre. He is also a clerk at Prairie Lights Books.
Tickets are free but are required. A ticket does not guarantee a seat.
Masks are required.

Prairie Lights: International Writing Program Sunday Reading Series
2022-10-09 16:00 | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Hear some of this years’ International Writing Program residents read from their work. Readers TBA.

“Iowa Intersections” interview screening
2022-10-09 14:30 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
“Iowa Intersections,” a partnership between the City of Literature and the University of Iowa’s Center for Language and Culture Learning, is a community-based multilingual digital storytelling initiative. Working with partners such as Kirkwood Community College, Open Heartland, and the Congolese Association, this initiative works with recent immigrants to the area to help them tell their stories. A handful of the first stories from this project will be screened at this presentation.
This project aims to share and uplift stories that celebrate the cultural and linguistic diversity in our area. In addition, it creates opportunities for undergraduates to develop their intercultural communicative competencies —their ability to use their language skills to ethically engage with our multilingual neighbors.

Sidekick Coffee & Books: COSTUME PARTY FOR YOUR STUFFIE
2022-10-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Sidekick Coffee & Books, 1310 1/2 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Create a Creepy Costume for your Cherished Critter!
Join author/illustrator Jennifer Black Reinhardt and the Sidekick Team for a SPOOKTACULAR costume party for you AND your stuffie! Jennifer will read her most recent picture book, Always by My Side and Sidekick will supply all sorts of crafty materials for you to create a costume for your stuffie! All attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite costume. Registration is required for the event on Sunday, October 9 from 1 to 3 pm. Please follow the link to register now! https://sidekickonline.shopsettings.com/***REGISTRATION***-Costume-Stuffie-Party-p483756142
*Please purchase one book per child to attend the event. An adult must accompany a child. No refunds.*

Johnnie Each and Debra Marquart
2022-10-09 13:00 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
A reading by Iowa Student Poet Ambassador, Johnnie Each, and Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Local Author Book Fair
2022-10-09 11:00 - 15:00 | MERGE, 136 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Local Author Book Fair! Join us as local authors present their latest works, answer questions, and sign books. Browse each author’s table where various books will be available for purchase.
Featuring:
Lisa Avelleyra

Nina Barragan

Judith F. Brenner
Lois A. Buntz
Erin Casey
Aprille Clarke
Richard R. DiPirro
Joseph Dobrian
Corinne Stanley
Mary Helen Stefaniak
M.L. Williams

Elizabeth Weiss
2022-10-08 16:00 | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
All Harriet Szász has ever known is life onstage with her sister, Josie. As “The Sisters Sweet,” they pose as conjoined twins in a vaudeville act conceived of by their ambitious parents, who were once themselves theatrical stars. But after Josie exposes the family’s fraud and runs away to Hollywood, Harriet must learn to live out of the spotlight—and her sister’s shadow. As Josie’s star rises in California, the Szászes fall on hard times. Striving to keep her struggling family afloat, Harriet molds herself into the perfect daughter. She also tentatively forms her first relationships outside her family and begins to imagine a life for herself beyond the role of dutiful daughter that she has played for so long. Finally, Harriet must decide whether to honor her mother, her father, or the self she’s only beginning to get to know.
Full of long-simmering tensions, buried secrets, questionable saviors, and broken promises, this is a story about how much we are beholden to others and what we owe ourselves. Layered and intimate, The Sisters Sweet heralds the arrival of an accomplished new voice in fiction.

Cristalle “Psalm One” Bowen
2022-10-08 16:00 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
“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 around the globe. In Her Word Is Bond, Psalm One tells her own story, from growing up in Englewood, Chicago through her life as a chemist, teacher, and legendary rapper. Intrinsically feminist, this story is a celebration of the life and career of one artist who blazed the trail for women in hip hop.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Elizabeth McCracken
2022-10-08 14:30 | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Ten months after her mother’s death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother’s, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother’s life and their relationship. Thoughts of the past meld with questions of the future: Back in New England, the family home is now up for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed.
The woman, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary—her brilliant wit, her generosity, her unbelievable obstinacy, her sheer will in seizing life despite physical difficulties—and finds herself wondering how her mother had endured. Even though she wants to respect her mother’s nearly pathological sense of privacy, the woman must come to terms with whether making a chronicle of this remarkable life constitutes an act of love or betrayal.
The Hero of This Book is a searing examination of grief and renewal, and of a deeply felt relationship between a child and her parents. What begins as a question of filial devotion ultimately becomes a lesson in what it means to write. At once comic and heartbreaking, with prose that delights at every turn, this is a novel of such piercing love and tenderness that we are reminded that art is what remains when all else falls away.

Don McLeese in conversation with Kyle Munson
2022-10-08 14:30 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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 was a loving husband and father. My life worked and worked well. Until it didn’t. Freedom from drinking has enriched my life in ways I’d never imagined. I’d been numbing myself to sleep, and sleepwalking my way through life. It’s never too late to wake up. This is a book about how the worst day of my life turned out to be one of the best. – Don McLeese
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Curator Guided Tour of A Hub, a Network, an Archive 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City
2022-10-08 14:30 | University of Iowa Main Library Gallery, 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States
This exhibit, which is open August 22 – December 16, 2022, celebrates the 55th anniversary of the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa. This program has brought close to 1,600 writers from more than 150 countries to the UI since 1967, and this exhibition tells the story of the IWP’s genesis, its role in cultural diplomacy, Iowa City as a site of literary praxis and global networking, and the images of Iowa that writers have carried home with them through their work. Curators Nataša Ďurovičová and Lisa Gardinier dove into Special Collections & Archives materials, including the Paul Engle Papers, the International Writing Program Records, the Toothpaste/Coffee House Press Records, and more while researching for the exhibition. Also included are items from the UI Libraries circulating collection, IWP’s Shambaugh House, and friends of the IWP in addition to large portraits of writers by photographer Thomas Langdon.

Jennifer L. Knox
2022-10-08 13:00 | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
The poems in Jennifer Knox’s darkly imaginative collection, Crushing It, unearth epiphanies in an unbounded landscape of forms, voices and subjects―from history to true crime to epidemiology―while exploring our tenuous connections and disconnections. From Merle Haggard lifting his head from a pile of cocaine to absurdist romps through an apocalypse where mushrooms learn to sing, this versatile collection is brimming with dark humor and bright surprise. Alongside Knox’s distinctive surrealism, Crushing It also reveals autobiography in poems about love, family, and adult ADHD, and Knox’s empathetic depictions of the ego’s need to assert its precious, singular “I” suggest that a self distinct from the hive, the herd, the flock, is an illusion. With clear-eyed spirit, Crushing It swallows all the world, and then some.

Elizabeth Crane
2022-10-08 13:00 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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 unexpected admission—I’m not happy—changes everything. Suddenly she finds herself separated and in couples therapy, living in an apartment in the city with an old friend and his kid. It’s understood that the apartment and bonus family are temporary, but the situation brings unexpected comfort and much-needed healing for wounds even older than her marriage.
Crafting the story as the very events chronicled are unfolding, Crane writes from a place of guarded possibility, capturing through vignettes and collected moments a semblance of the real-time practice of healing. At turns funny and dark, with moments of poignancy, This Story Will Change is an unexpected and moving portrait of a woman in transformation, a chronicle of how even the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are bound to change.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

John Koethe
2022-10-08 11:30 | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
A rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the “necessary and great poet” (Hyperallergic).
“It’s presumptuous, but if you’re reading this you
Probably know my usual obsessions and preoccupations:
The “world”—both the word and what it stands for—and time,
Which is or isn’t real, depending on my mood. I’ve always
Hated poems about philosophy, and I hope I still do,
But since I don’t know what that means anymore, here I am,
Musing on my ends and my beginnings one more time . . .”
In Beyond Belief, John Koethe poses eternal and essential questions about the rhythms of time, language and literature, and “the space between attention and belief.” The eleventh book of poetry from America’s philosopher-poet is an intimate, searching collection that gives life to the mundane and lends words to our most interior and abstract musings. What makes a life real? Words on a page, the accumulation of moments and memories, or nothing at all? And what is it worth? Locked inside, have we lost our future and its promises or are we merely pressed to inhabit our present and ourselves?
The award-winning poet invites us into his consideration of our world, as “an ordinary person sitting on his balcony on a summer afternoon, / Waiting patiently for someone to explain it to and meanwhile / Living quietly in his imagination, imagining the afterlife.”

Sarah Kendzior
2022-10-08 11:30 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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 broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by propagandists. Conspiracy theories are on the rise because officials refuse to enforce accountability for real conspiracies.
They Knew discusses conspiracy culture in a rapidly declining United States struggling with corruption, climate change, and other crises. As the actions of the powerful remain shrouded in mystery—like the Jeffrey Epstein operation—it is unsurprising that people turn to conspiracy theories to fill the informational void. They Knew exposes the tactics these powerful actors use to placate an inquisitive public.
In Kendzior’s signature whip smart prose and eviscerating arguments, They Knew unearths decades of buried American history, providing an essential and critical look at how to rebuild our democracy by confronting the political lies and crimes that have shaped us.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Victor Ray
2022-10-08 10:00 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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 political necessity.
Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to clearly trace the foundations of critical race theory in the Black intellectual traditions of emancipation and the civil rights movement. From these foundations, Ray explores the many facets of our society that critical race theory interrogates, from deeply embedded structural racism to the historical connection between whiteness and property, ownership, and more.
In succinct, thoughtful essays, Ray presents, analyzes, and breaks down the scholarship and concepts that constitute this often misconstrued term. He explores how the conversation on critical race theory has expanded into the contemporary popular conscience, showing why critical race theory matters and why we should all care.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Alex Kotlowitz
2022-10-07 19:00 | Pappajohn Business Building, 21 East Market Street, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
One Community, One Book Author Keynote with Alex Kotlowski
The UI Center for Human Rights 2022 One Community, One Book selection is An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by best-selling author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Alex Kotlowitz.
This is a captivating collection of stories that will transform the way readers think about gun violence in America. Over the past 20 years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another 60,000 wounded by gunfire. The latest book by Kotlowitz examines the psychological toll gun violence takes on the spirit of individuals and communities.
Location, Pappajohn Business Building, room W10 PBB at the University of Iowa

Curtis Bauer and María Sánchez
2022-10-07 18:30 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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 women and rural life. Iowa native Bauer translated the book into English. He appears in partnership with the UI MFA in Literary Translation program.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Anna Barker: Teaching classics on Facebook, Les Misérables at 160
2022-10-07 16:00 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Project Guttenberg, Audible, Facebook, and Zoom in the Afterlife of The Decameron, Paradise Lost, War and Peace, Brothers Karamazov, and Les Misérables. A session with Professor Anna Barker.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

International Writing Program: Panel Discussion
2022-10-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
The International Writing Program (IWP) is a unique conduit for the world’s literatures, connecting well-established writers from around the globe, bringing international literature into classrooms, introducing American writers to other cultures through reading tours, and serving as a clearinghouse for literary news and a wealth of archival and pedagogical materials. Since 1967, over fifteen hundred writers from more than 150 countries have been in residence at the University of Iowa.
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

ANGIE CRUZ
2022-10-06 17:30 | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor. Her fourth novel, How Not To Drown in A Glass of Water is forthcoming Fall 2022. Her novel, Dominicana was the inaugural book pick for GMA book club and chosen as the 2019/2020 Wordup Uptown Reads. It was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, The Aspen Words Literary Prize, a RUSA Notable book and the winner of the ALA/YALSA Alex Award in fiction. It was named most anticipated/ best book in 2019 by Time, Newsweek, People, Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Esquire. Cruz is the author of two other novels, Soledad and Let It Rain Coffee and the recipient of numerous fellowships and residencies including the Lighthouse Fellowship, Siena Art Institute, and the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Fellowship. She’s published shorter works in The Paris Review, VQR, Callaloo, Gulf Coast and other journals. She’s the founder and Editor-in-chief of the award winning literary journal, Aster(ix) and is currently an Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh. She divides her time between Pittsburgh, New York and Turin.
Angie Cruz is presented in collaboration with the University of Iowa Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing.

BETH A. LIVINGSTON
2022-10-03 19:00 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Despite efforts that have been made in the last few decades, gender and racioethnic equity still hasn’t been achieved. What’s worse, Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latina women are being held back more than their White counterparts. According to authors Beth A. Livingston and Tina Opie, we need to change how we strive for equity. We must move beyond individual solutions toward collective action, where people from historically power-dominant and marginalized groups work together, so that all women experience the benefits of professional growth and equity. Professor Tina Opie first started Shared Sisterhood as a movement to drive gender and racial equity in organizations. Since then, she and professor Beth A. Livingston have worked together to spread the word to leaders across organizations, with thousands of followers joining the cause. In this book, they explain how to use vulnerability, trust, empathy, and risk-taking to build Shared Sisterhood and break down three key parts of the process: (1) Dig into your own assumptions around racioethnicity, gender, and power, (2) Bridge the divide between women of all backgrounds through authentic relationships, and (3) Advance all women across the organization and beyond. Balancing a mix of history, research, and real-life examples–including the authors’ own experiences–this book encourages everyone to join Shared Sisterhood and advance equity for all.
Publisher’s Weekly writes, “The authors’ message will leave readers hopeful: ‘Don’t agonize, organize,’ they write, quoting ‘the rallying cry of the feminist movement.’ Readers aiming to create equality at work will find great takeaways here.”
This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

Les Misérables film (France, 1958) with talkback with Anna Barker and Ben Delgado
2022-10-03 18:30 | FilmScene Theatre 1, 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Peasant Jean Valjean (Jean Gabin) suffered through decades in French prison for stealing a loaf of bread, but once released, life doesn’t automatically become easier. Not only does the community shun him as an ex-convict, but a policeman named Javert (Bernard Blier) refuses to believe he’s a good man. Wherever Valjean goes, Javert follows, intent on proving Valjean is still a criminal. Yet Valjean is determined to create a new, crime-free life for himself, no matter what.
Presented with a 10 minute intermission.
