UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Book artists gino romero, Rowan Renee, Sky Syzygy and Emilee Taxman will present the Penn State University Libraries’ 2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts titled "Document, Celebrate, Testify, Resist: Queer History through Book Arts." The lecture will take place virtually from 4-5:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, and is free and open to all, though registration is required.

Formatted as an artists’ panel discussion, the speakers will introduce the audience to their work and processes, exploring the themes and subjects that inspire them, before inviting open conversation with the audience. The discourse will explore how book arts practices contribute to the documentation and celebration of queer and trans identities and how the act of creation resists the erasures of queer and trans existence.

Rowan Renee, Gino Romero, Emilee Taxman and Sky Syzygy present the 2025 Charles W. Mann Lecture in the Book Arts through, using a book artists' panel discussion to surface themes that include zines, community, queer historical documentation, queer and trans joy, and the deep emotional pull of (be)longing.