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Iowa City Book Festival 10/16/2017 6:57:25 AM
Iowa City Book Festival reading and political panel were a lot of fun. Larry Baker and I both read to a crowd reduced by Midwest rain, but a few souls braved the hazards of the morning.
The politics panel had representation from Pakistan, Indonesia, Canada, and the States, included poets and fiction writers, and prompted lively discussion on topics ranging from direct political pressure on artists to political environments and how they inform the work. Two primary points had general consensus: that political dissatisfaction can inspire, and didactism driven by dissatisfaction can undermine to merit of the work if it overwhelms the craft of the work.
