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Film, Video 2022 National Book Festival: The Power of Laughter with Nuar Alsadir

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Title

  • 2022 National Book Festival: The Power of Laughter with Nuar Alsadir

Summary

  • Taking laughter's revelatory capacity as a starting point, and rooted in Nuar Alsadir's experience as a poet and psychoanalyst, "Animal Joy" seeks to recover the sensation of being present. A bold and insatiably curious prose debut, "Animal Joy" is an ode to spontaneity and feeling alive. Moderated by Steven Leyva.

Event Date

  • September 03, 2022

Running Time

  • 44 minutes 54 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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