Anya Ventura

Anya Ventura is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Iowa.

Before Ta-Nehisi Coates: On James Alan McPherson’s “Crabcakes”
Anya Ventura revisits "Crabcakes," the 1998 memoir by the late James Alan McPherson....
Anya VenturaJul 4, 2019
- Memoir
Sultry Night: Grant Wood’s Queer Midwest
Anya Ventura looks at the queer life hiding inside of Grant Wood’s iconic paintings of Depression-era Americana....
Anya VenturaJun 10, 2018
- Art
The State of Post-Truth
"What is Florida?" Anya Ventura on Sarah Gerard's "Sunshine State."...
Anya VenturaMay 4, 2017
- Memoir
Dispatch from the Glamorous Class
In "A Photographic Memory: 1968-1989," Schlesinger visually traces his path along the epicenters of culture....
Anya VenturaMar 15, 2016
- Art

Before Ta-Nehisi Coates: On James Alan McPherson’s “Crabcakes”