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Iowa Bibliophiles "Pulp America: The Mass Market Paperback as Cultural Artifact"

Oct 14, 2020

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

125 W Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52242

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Join us for virtual Iowa Bibliophiles!

This month, Associate Professor Corey Creekmur (Cinematic Arts, English, and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies) will provide a virtual tour of the American mass market “pulp” paperback book in its most vibrant period, between World War II and the 1960s.  During this period, cheap reprints of literary classics soon gave way to original publications of popular crime and science fiction novels, among other genres.  Paperbacks of the period also shamelessly featured juvenile delinquents, sexual “deviants,” beatniks and monsters on their often lurid covers.  Along with this overview, the presentation will consider the curious way in which these often sensational and otherwise ephemeral publications have become not only collectible but even of scholarly interest.

The presentation will also be recorded and placed on Special Collections' Youtube channel at a later date. Following the presentation, a brief Q&A will follow, which will not be recorded. 

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