Matteo by Michael Leali
Sun, Jun 11
|Iowa City
Please join Prairie Lights and the LGBTQ Iowa Archive and Library for a free in-store event with author Michael Leali on Sunday, June 11th at 2:00pm! Prairie Lights will donate 10% of the day’s profits to the LGBTQ Iowa Archive and Library.
Time & Location
Jun 11, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Iowa City, 15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
About the event
Prairie Lights
Please join Prairie Lights and the LGBTQ Iowa Archive and Library for a free in-store event with author Michael Leali on Sunday, June 11th at 2:00pm! Prairie Lights will donate 10% of the day’s profits to the LGBTQ Iowa Archive and Library. Perfect for families and readers ages 8 and up, Michael Leali will read from and sign copies of, Matteo, his new novel which is a modern retelling of Pinocchio.
Matteo breathes new life into the classic story of a wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy, using the story of Pinocchio to explore themes of queer coming-of-age, toxic masculinity, community, family, and friendship. Award-winning author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Sisters of the Neversea) says about Matteo, "This enchanting, modern homage to Pinocchio reminds us anything is possible if we're true to ourselves."
Michael Leali is a graduate of the University of Iowa (2013), and is the author of…