PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

Writer and cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt joins fellow graphic memoirist Julia Wertz for a conversation on graphic memoirs and the comedy found in crises, obsessions, and growing up. Both works feature the vulnerability of the memoir form displayed in bold graphic panels but, at their core, center relatable stories of resilience and humor. Moderated by comics journalist Shay Mirk.  

Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Anand Gopal is joined by moderator and OPB host Geoff Norcross for a conversation about his recent publication, Days of Love and Rage. This work of nonfiction follows a group of Syrian citizens who carry out a remarkable revolution against a brutal dictatorship in 2011. Through polarization, betrayal, allegiance, and inequity, Gopal expertly weaves a story of a single city’s struggle for democracy in the face of rising authoritarianism.