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SUMMARY:Poetry in Public Reading featuring Iowa Student Poet Ambassador Josie Nabhan-Warren
DESCRIPTION:Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from some of the 2026 Selected Poets. This event is live and in-person\, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel \nFeaturing special guest\, Josie Nabhan-Warren\, the 2026–27 Iowa Student Poet Ambassador. \nIf your poem was selected for Poetry in Public 2026 and you’d like to read it at the event\, please email us at info@iowacityofliterature.org
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/poetry-in-public-reading-featuring-iowa-student-poet-ambassador-josie-nabhan-warren/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
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SUMMARY:National Youth Poet Laureate Daniel Somtochukwu Umemezie
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Umemezie is a Nigerian-American poet whose work explores cultural inheritance and displacement\, using bodily transformation as both metaphor and form. His poetry develops a realm between interior experience and external reality. His work has appeared in the North American Review\, Scholastic\, Magpie Journal and many more. He is forthcoming in Polyphony Lit\, and has been recognized as the Iowa Student Poetry Ambassador\, the Kenyon Young Writers Program\, the Iowa Poetry Association\, Humanities Iowa\, and others. As the 10th National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States\, Daniel positions cultural specificity as formal resistance\, creating what he describes as “architecture of consciousness.”
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/national-youth-poet-laureate-daniel-somtochukwu-umemezie/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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SUMMARY:John Ira Thomas: TIRE!
DESCRIPTION:John Ira Thomas returns to Daydreams Comics for another helping of TIRE! He’ll be reading from THE BEST OF TIRE CLASSIFIEDS\, a collection of TIRE Magazine’s most brazen attempts to get your money\, and maybe your soul. Hear about Twinkie groves\, UFO abduction resorts\, and the New Dolphin Order! Chase the unapproved Stevenson dimes! Find out where your lost hair went! Discover what’s really on blank media!
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/john-ira-thomas-tire/
LOCATION:Daydreams Comics\, 229 E Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
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