Author Meets Readers
Launched in Fall 2020, our Author Meets Readers series connects humanities scholars or writers and their research with lifelong readers and learners. Individual sessions run for one hour, are facilitated by Director Erika George or campus and community experts, and feature insights into the research and writing process, the impact of humanities scholarship on culture and society, and an audience discussion.
Previous Author Meets Readers sessions featured Annie Fukushima, Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the US; Martha Jones, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All; Heather Houser, Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data; and Paisley Rekdal, Appropriate: A Provocation.
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Reginald Dwayne Betts
February 22, 2022. Through his legal and literary work, Reginald Dwayne Betts promotes the rights and humanity of people who are or have been incarcerated. His publications include Felon, Bastards of the Reagan Era, Shahid Reads His Own Palm, and Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.
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Eric Herschthal
February 8, 2022. A revealing look at how antislavery scientists and Black and white abolitionists used scientific ideas to discredit slaveholders.
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Anthony Doerr
September 29, 2021. Set in Constantinople in the fifteenth century, in a small town in present-day Idaho, and on an interstellar ship decades from now, Anthony Doerr’s gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book.
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Paisley Rekdal
August 24, 2021. How do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we?
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Heather Houser
April 13, 2021. In Infowhelm, Heather Houser explores the ways contemporary art manages environmental knowledge in an age of climate crisis and information overload.
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Martha Jones
February 18, 2021. The epic history of African American women's pursuit of political power — and how it transformed America.
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Annie Fukushima
October 28, 2020. Migrant Crossings examines the experiences and representations of Asian and Latina/o migrants trafficked in the United States into informal economies and service industries.