Author Paisley Rekdal will appear at Colorado College on Wednesday after the Air Force Academy canceled her scheduled talk because she criticized President Donald Trump.

Rekdal, a University of Utah professor, was on the verge of canceling her trip to Colorado Springs when she was invited to appear at Colorado College instead, she said.

She expected to discuss how wars are memorialized and remembered at the academy as part of the annual Jannetta Lecture Series focused on bringing in writers and artists that have contributed to our understanding of war.

The talk planned for Colorado College will cover similar ground, including readings from her book "The Broken Country," which explores the traumatic legacies of the Vietnam War. It will also feature a reading from her upcoming book focuse

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