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Global political organizer Marisa Handler reads from memoir tonight in Iowa City

By T.M. Lindsey 9/15/08

Born in Cape Town, South Africa during the apartheid era, Marisa Handler eyewitnessed injustices firsthand, and it was these experiences that helped feed her passion for activism and global political organizing.
“I have come to believe that every one of us is an activist, and that every action taken in the name of our interconnection — [...]

UI Prof: Sexualization of Tweens & Miley Cyrus Is About Profit

By T.M. Lindsey 5/6/08

With the recent fall of pop sex symbol Brittany Spears and the emergence of the newly sexualized teen idol Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, UI journalism professor Gigi Durham couldn’t have timed the publication of her new book any better.

Durham’s book, “The Lolita Effect,” examines the motives behind the media’s sexualization of tween girls and [...]

Kao Kalia Yang and Her Hmong Family Memoir

By Adam Burke 4/30/08

Born in a Thailand refugee camp in 1980, Kao Kalia Yang is one of almost 190,000 Hmong people living in the U.S.

The Minnesota author was in Iowa City on Monday to read from her new book, “The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir.”

Biden Woos Iowa City Literary Crowd with `Promises’

By T.M. Lindsey 9/2/07

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who recently penned his first book, “Promises to Keep,” will be the first to admit that he’s no William Faulkner. “My publishers tell me this is a memoir and that it’s on the New York Times Bestseller List, which baffles me even more than the fact that George W. Bush [...]

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