My Midwest Mess
Ryan T. Pozzi on tour with The Mess That Made Them
My Midwest Mess takes The Mess That Made Them across five Midwestern states and online for bookstore conversations, library programs, festivals, and interactive events about the failures, pressures, and wrong turns behind great art.
Book(ed) at The Tea Smith
Celebrate publication night with author Ryan T. Pozzi, poet Matt Mason, and a seated tea service inspired by the artists and ideas in The Mess That Made Them.
How We Invent Genius at Sower Books
Ryan explores how culture turns complicated creative lives into oversimplified stories of genius, and what disappears in the process.
Ryan T. Pozzi In Conversation with Matt Mason
Ryan returns home for a conversation with Matt Mason about the failures, detours, pressures, and unlikely breakthroughs behind The Mess That Made Them.
Pages & Pumpkins Fall Festival
Meet Ryan in Modale for a fall festival bringing together books, pumpkins, local makers, and a full day of community celebration.
Famous Artists Make Terrible Role Models at Ames Public Library
Famous artists make terrible role models, but their failures, compromises, and reinventions can tell us far more than their legends ever do.