Justin Torres is the author of We the Animals, which won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, was translated into 15 languages, and was adapted into a feature film. A graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he will read from and discuss his new book, Blackouts. Fellow Workshop graduate Jamel Brinkley will moderate.

This event is live and in-person.

This event is part of the 2023 Iowa City Book Festival and is sponsored by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature.

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