VIDEO


Duration: 51:38 — Talk delivered on Friday, September 27, 2024

Only Falling in Love Will Save Us

—Vesper Stamper—
Author & Illustrator

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Vesper Stamper was born in Germany and raised in New York City. She writes and illustrates novels which tell, through both words and pictures, stories of history’s rhymes. Nominated for the National Book Award, Vesper also hosts the Vesperisms podcast, which aims to cultivate a rehumanized worldview through artistic thinking. She is married to filmmaker Ben Stamper, and teaches illustration at School of Visual Arts, NYC.


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