Anna Sigrídur Arnar to give lecture to Caxton Club in Chicago

Anna Sigrídur Arnar, School of Visual Arts, was invited by the Caxton Club to deliver a lecture for the Club’s meeting at the Union League in Chicago on October 21st. Arnar’s lecture titled “Why the Book?” included a discussion of poet-theorist Stéphane Mallarmé’s forward thinking ideas about the book form and its role in democratic society. She also presented material from her new project “Social Spaces of the Book” on contemporary global bookworks. For more information, see http://www.caxtonclub.org/