Fall for the Book

Four award-winning essayists read from and discuss their explorations of identity on both personal and cultural levels.  In A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia, Sandy Allen translated and molded their Uncle Bob’s autobiography focused on his battle with being “labeled a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic.” If You Need Me I'll Be Over There by Dave Madden is a collection of short stories starring queer characters and their identities as outsiders in the American Midwest. Mine by Sarah Viren is a debut essay collection which questions different forms of ownership: corporeal, familial, and intellectual. And, Beyond Measure: Essays by Rachel Z. Arndt explores the ritualistic nature of society, specifically looking at weigh-ins, wait times, work-outs, dating apps, and daily commutes.