2017 IC Book Fest: Writing as Recovery

Published: Oct. 14, 2017, 10 a.m.

Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature presents a program from its 2017 Iowa City Book Festival. Isn't most writing, even experimental literature, fundamentally grounded in pain, trauma, loss? How does one write through such profound experiences, and does writing ultimately release this trauma? What balance do you strike between comforting and unsettling the reader?

Panelists include:
Xavier Villanova
Antoinette Tidjani Alou
Whitney Terrell
Melissa Fraterrigo
Mike Lankford

For more information about the 2017 Iowa City Book Festival, please visit iowacitybookfestival.org.

For information about Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and future events, visit iowacityofliterature.org.