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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Politics
DESCRIPTION:In this panel\, writers will discuss how the current political landscape affects their work and the role politics plays in their writing. \nFeaturing: Hatice Açıkgöz (International Writing Program)\, Ari Berman\, Natalie Goldberg\, Amanda Jones\, and Nina Lohman
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/panel-discussion-politics/
LOCATION:Iowa City Senior Center\, 28 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T133000
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SUMMARY:Forrest Gander – Mojave Ghost
DESCRIPTION:A novel-poem taking us to the Pulitzer-prize winning poet Forrest Gander’s birthplace in the Mojave Desert and his current northern California home\, where tumultuous memories coalesce with the present. \nMojave Ghost initiates an unusually tender bond with the reader as it chronicles an intimate relationship with arresting honesty and vividness. Moving through grief and loss towards a renewal that never sidesteps the wholeness of experience\, Gander’s new collection discovers an articulate language for the merging of exterior and interior landscapes. Gander\, trained as a geologist\, walked along much of the 800-mile San Andreas Fault toward the desolate town of his birth and found himself crossing permeable dimensions of time and space\, correlating his emotions and the stricken landscape with other divisions: the fractures and folds underlying not only our country\, but any self in its relationship with others. The result is this moving new collection that unforgettably describes a spiritual and physical journey. With its confiding tones and candid self-examination\, Mojave Ghost is Gander’s most inviting and poignant book yet.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/forrest-gander-mojave-ghost/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T143000
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SUMMARY:James Fitzmaurice – Hobgoblin Gennel
DESCRIPTION:Join author James Fitzmaurice for a conversation about his new young adult novel\, Hobgoblin Gennel. \nIn this off-beat tale of adventure\, teenagers Irie and Fred are fast friends. Irie\, of Afro-Caribbean heritage\, was born in Sheffield where they both live. Fred is an expat American transplanted from Yuma\, Arizona with a keen interest in Sheffield’s Anglo-Saxon era. While trapped in an underground passageway\, they come across the kitchen of a foodie hipster named Hobgoblin who is what his name suggests. Hobgoblin uses a modern induction hob\, of course\, and only the best ingredients. The irritable little chef sets them the task of finding the Fairy Queen’s red-garnet and golden cup\, but he is cagey about his reasons. \nFitzmaurice was born in Ventura\, California. Jim taught English at Northern Arizona University for many years before retiring to the UK\, where he has been associated with the University of Sheffield. He is a fiction writer and screenwriter. He also continues to devote time to scholarly research and publishes on the early modern woman writer Margaret Cavendish. \nThis event is presented in partnership with the University of Iowa Libraries
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/james-fitzmaurice-hobgoblin-gennel/
LOCATION:Shambaugh Auditorium\, University of Iowa Main Library\, 125 W Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T143000
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CREATED:20240910T174619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T215948Z
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SUMMARY:Ari Berman – Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It
DESCRIPTION:Ari Berman is the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and a reporting fellow at Type Media Center. He will read from Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It\,. He is also the author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (finalist\, National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction) and Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics. He is a native of Fairfield\, Iowa. \nThe event will be moderated by Ty Rushing\, an assistant professor of practice at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is the former chief political correspondent for Iowa Starting Line\, and co-founder of the Iowa Association of Black Journalists. \nThis event is presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Johnson County \n \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/ari-berman-minority-rule-the-right-wing-attack-on-the-will-of-the-people-and-the-fight-to-resist-it/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T143000
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SUMMARY:Chris Offutt – Code of the Hills
DESCRIPTION:With his signature crackling prose\, literary master Chris Offutt has staked out his own territory in crime fiction\, a place of familial allegiances\, old wounds\, and revenge—the code of the hills. His new book\, a sharp\, twisty southern noir with echoes of James Sallis and Daniel Woodrell\, will force Mick to face up to the way of life he thought he’d escaped. \nChris Offutt is the author of two collections of short stories\, three memoirs\, and six novels. His books have been translated into twelve languages and won four international awards. His most recent work is the acclaimed Mick Hardin series from Grove-Atlantic. He also wrote screenplays for True Blood\, Weeds\, and Treme. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, an NEA grant\, and a Lannan Fellowship. He received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for “prose that takes risks.” His work is included in many anthologies including Best American Short Stories\, Best American Essays\, Best American Food Writing\, and Modern American Memoirs. He has taught in a number of MFA programs including the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is professor emeritus at the University of Mississippi. He grew up in the hills of eastern Kentucky and lives in Iowa City\, Iowa. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/chris-offutt-code-of-the-hills/
LOCATION:Iowa City Masonic Building\, 312 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading: Perry Janes\, Anna Morrison and Hannah Bonner
DESCRIPTION:Poets Perry Janes\, Anna Morrison and Hannah Bonner will read from and discuss their work\, in partnership with Refocus Film Festival.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/poetry-reading-perry-janes-anna-morrison-and-hannah-bonner/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T172351Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Who Do You Read?
DESCRIPTION:In this panel\, writers will discuss some of their favorite writing by others\, sharing the things they like to read and important books they would like to recommend. \nFeaturing: Nicolás Medina Mora\, Chris Tse (International Writing Program)\, Sharon Wahl\, Nicolas Wong (International Writing Program)\, Peter Závada (International Writing Program)
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/panel-discussion-who-do-you-read/
LOCATION:Iowa City Senior Center\, 28 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20240911T145849Z
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SUMMARY:Natalie Goldberg – Writing on Empty
DESCRIPTION:Natalie Goldberg has influenced generations of aspiring creative writers with books like Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind. Her books offer  down-to-earth guidance for developing a meaningful writing practice in the real world\, however different that is for each of us. In her new book\, Writing on Empty\, she opens up about a new experience; that of losing her will to write\, and finding her way back to it. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/natalie-goldberg-writing-on-empty/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20240730T161648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T164621Z
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SUMMARY:Marc Ribot – Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist
DESCRIPTION:After performing his score for Yakov Protazanov’s pioneering sci-fi film Aelita: Queen of Mars as part of FilmScene’s Refocus Film Festival\, Ribot joins the Iowa City Book Festival where he will read from his book Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist.  “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new\, weird Americana on 1985’s Rain Dogs\, and since then he’s become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss\, Elvis Costello\, John Mellencamp.” —Rolling Stone \nThis event is presented in partnership with the Refocus Film Festival and Hancher Auditorium
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/marc-ribot-unstrung-rants-stories-of-a-noise-guitarist/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T160000
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SUMMARY:Nina Lohman – The Body Alone
DESCRIPTION:The Body Alone is an inquiry into the experience\, meaning\, and articulation of pain. It is a personal hybrid account incorporating research\, scholarship\, and memoir to examine chronic pain through the multi-lens of medicine\, theology\, and philosophy. Broken bodies tell broken stories. Nina Lohman’s pain experience is portrayed through a cyclical narrative of primers\, vocabulary lessons\, prescription records\, and hypothesized internal monologues—fractured not for the sake of experimentation but because the story itself demands it. In both form and content\, The Body Alone represents boundary-pressing work that subverts the traditional narrative by putting pressure on the medical\, cultural\, and political systems that impact women’s access to fair and equal healthcare. This is more than an illness narrative\, it is a battle cry demanding change.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/nina-lohman-the-body-alone/
LOCATION:Iowa City Masonic Building\, 312 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T160000
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CREATED:20240919T155856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T155856Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: A Sense of Place II
DESCRIPTION:In this panel\, writers will discuss place and setting as key in many kinds of writing. They will explore the following questions: How do you convey a sense of place or paint a unique landscape? In what ways does location contribute to your writing? Can a literary work truly be ‘universal\,’ or will place always determine how a piece is understood? \nFeaturing: Yassin Adnan (International Writing Program)\, Jarod K. Anderson\, Priya N Hein (International Writing Program)\, Felipe Franco Munhoz (International Writing Program)\, and Marguerite Sheffer
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/panel-discussion-a-sense-of-place-ii/
LOCATION:Iowa City Senior Center\, 28 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
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SUMMARY:Nicolás Medina Mora – América del Norte
DESCRIPTION:Moving between New York City\, Mexico City\, and Iowa City\, a young member of the Mexican elite sees his life splinter in a centuries-spanning debut that blends the Latin American traditions of Roberto Bolaño and Fernanda Melchor with the autofiction of US writers like Ben Lerner and Teju Cole. \nSplit between the US and Mexico\, this stunning debut explores whiteness\, power\, immigration\, and the history of Mexican literature\, to wrestle with the contradictory relationship between two countries bound by geography and torn apart by politics. \nNicolás Medina Mora was born and raised in Mexico City. He has degrees from Yale University and the writing program of the University of Iowa\, and has worked in New York City as a journalist at Reuters and BuzzFeed. His writing has appeared in The Nation\, The New York Times\, and n+1\, where he won the 2023 n+1 Writers’ Fellowship for outstanding contributions. He currently lives in Mexico City\, where he is a writer and editor for Revista Nexos.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/nicolas-medina-mora-america-del-norte/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20240814T181626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T185915Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Publishing for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful panel discussion on ‘Publishing for Beginners\,’ where seasoned professionals share essential tips and strategies for navigating the publishing world. Whether you’re aspiring to publish your first book or curious about the process\, this session will provide you with practical advice and valuable insider knowledge. \nPanelists: Sarah Elgatian\, Midwest Writing Center; Mackie Garrett\, 508 Press; Jennifer MacBain-Stephens\, author; and Steve Semken\, Ice Cube Press. \nModerated by Chuy Renteria\, artist\, dancer\, teacher\, and storyteller.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/panel-discussion-publishing-for-beginners/
LOCATION:MERGE\, 136 S Dubuque St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T150000
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CREATED:20240723T165918Z
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SUMMARY:A Lunch and Conversation with Natalie Goldberg
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event is sold out. \nNatalie Goldberg has influenced generations of aspiring creative writers with books like Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind. Her books offer  down-to-earth guidance for developing a meaningful writing practice in the real world\, however different that is for each of us. In her new book\, Writing on Empty\, she opens up about a new experience; that of losing her will to write\, and finding her way back to it. Join Natalie at this limited seating\, intimate event. PorchLight director Jennifer Colville will talk with Natalie about how to use her new book. There will be a group conversation and a light lunch. The price of the event includes a copy of “Writing on Empty.” \nNatalie Goldberg is the author of fifteen books\, including Writing Down the Bones (Shambhala\, 1986)\, which has sold over one million copies\, has been translated into fourteen languages\, and started a revolution in the way we practice writing in this country. \nShe recently co-edited a collection of talks by revered zen teacher Katherine Thanas\, The Truth of This Life (Shambhala\, 2018). In her latest memoir Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home(Shambhala\, 2018)\, she shares her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of zen and writing. Her other books include The Great Spring: Writing\, Zen\, and This Zigzag Life (Shambhala\, 2016)\, the novel Banana Rose (Bantam\, 1995)\, and the beloved Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America\, a memoir about her zen teacher Katagiri Roshi. \nNatalie is also a prolific painter. Her book Living Color: Painting\, Writing\, and the Bones of Seeing (Abrams\, 2014)\, describes painting as her second art form. Top of My Lungs (Overlook Press\, 2004) contains forty poems\, twenty of her paintings in color\, and an essay\, “How Poetry Saved My Life.” Natalie’s paintings are available to view on this website. \nFor more than forty years Natalie has practiced zen and taught seminars in writing as a practice. People from around the world attend her life-changing workshops\, and she has earned a reputation as a great teacher. The Oprah Winfrey Show sent a film crew to spend the day with Natalie for a segment on Spirituality that covered her writing\, teaching\, painting\, and walking meditation. She lives in Northern New Mexico. \nTicket link: https://www.porchlightliterary.org/event-details/a-lunch-and-conversation-with-natalie-goldberg
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/a-lunch-and-conversation-with-natalie-goldberg/
LOCATION:PorchLight Literary Arts Center\, 1019 E Washington St\, Iowa City\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T143122Z
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SUMMARY:Anne Frank’s Diary – A Multilingual Multimedia Reading
DESCRIPTION:Students from Iowa City\, fluent in 15 different languages\, will present passages from Anne Frank’s diary. This event provides an opportunity for attendees to engage in meaningful dialogue\, reflect on the Holocaust and other tragic global events\, and foster a sense of community as the 95th anniversary of Frank’s diary is commemorated.  \nThe event will include remarks by National Book Award winner Theodore Rosengarten\, a writer\, teacher\, and a social activist from McClellanville\, South Carolina. Rosengarten taught the history of the Holocaust for decades in the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston and in the Honors College at the University of South Carolina.  \nThe first Anne Frank Initiative Little Library\, created in partnership with Clear Creek Amana Middle School\, will be unveiled at the event. Co-presented by the Anne Frank Initiative in International Programs at the University of Iowa. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/anne-franks-diary-a-multilingual-multimedia-reading/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20240722T185556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T161208Z
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SUMMARY:Corban Addison – Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Fall 2024 One Community\, One Book selection is Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corban Addison. This event will be hosted in person at Old Brick\, 26 E. Market Street Iowa City. This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights\, Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative\, and the Iowa City Book Festival. Doors will open at 2:30 p.m. Author Keynote will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will last approximately 75 minutes. Author book signing will occur immediately following the lecture.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/corban-addison-wastelands-the-true-story-of-farm-country-on-trial/
LOCATION:Old Brick\, 26 E. Market St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52245\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241020T160000
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SUMMARY:Tisa Bryant – Unexplained Presence
DESCRIPTION:A multidisciplinary performance melding film with live readings inspired by Bryant’s book of hybrid essays. \nThis event is co-presented by Refocus Film Festival.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/tisa-bryant-unexplained-presence/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251005T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251005T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T171032Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Pio: Nicknames & Mascots book series
DESCRIPTION:Author Chris Pio\, from Cedar Rapids discusses his “Nicknames and Mascots” series which describes the origins\, evolution and relevant meaning of collegiate athletic team nicknames and the colorful\, physical mascot characters that represent the schools.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/chris-pio-nicknames-mascots-book-series/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251006T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
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SUMMARY:Curator Guided Tour: Paper Engineering in Art\, Science\, and Education
DESCRIPTION:Join co-curators Giselle Simón\, Elizabeth Yale\, and Damien Ihrig for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition\, Paper Engineering in Art\, Science\, and Education. All are welcome to attend this free event\, which is being held in partnership with the Iowa City Book Festival. \nAbout the exhibit:\nPaper Engineering in Art\, Science\, and Education showcases the fascinating world of movable books and paper technologies. The exhibition invites visitors to enjoy seeing flap books\, pop-ups\, tunnel books\, volvelles\, and books that use paper to make sounds while learning about their historical and contemporary significance. \nPaper has long held a crucial role in communicating information to artists\, scientists\, and students. Medical flap books from the 16th to the 19th centuries provided an affordable way for physicians to gain hands-on knowledge about the body. Children’s books from the 18th century onwards used movable elements to instruct and entertain\, acting as precursors to interactive media. Artist’s books from the last century demonstrate how paper technologies can engage viewers in new and exciting ways. Through these and other rare materials from University of Iowa Libraries collections\, this exhibition celebrates the creativity\, design\, and ingenuity of paper engineering. \nLearn more: lib.uiowa.edu/gallery. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/curator-guided-tour/
LOCATION:University of Iowa Main Library Gallery\, 125 W Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251006T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250908T170736Z
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SUMMARY:Steve Kemp: An Exaltation of Parks
DESCRIPTION:America’s national parks are facing unprecedented challenges. With visitation pressures mounting and the National Park Service struggling to keep up\, author\, former park ranger\, and Iowa City native Steve Kemp looks toward one exceptionally effective historical example of conservation philanthropy and park building—the collaboration between John D. Rockefeller Jr. and NPS legends Stephen Mather\, Horace Albright\, and Arno Cammerer. \nKemp’s latest book\, An Exaltation of Parks reveals the inspiring story of this collaboration\, showing how the partnership transformed some of America’s most cherished national parks\, including Acadia\, Grand Teton\, Great Smoky Mountains\, Yellowstone\, and Yosemite. It recounts Rockefeller’s lifelong dedication to conservation\, digging into his own pockets and toiling as a volunteer to achieve his goals for converting private land into public use. Bringing to life the history and significance of America’s most magnificent landscapes\, this volume is both a tribute to past conservation victories and a call to action for the future\, emphasizing the need for continued vigilance to preserve these national treasures for generations to come. \nThis event will be livestreamed and archived at the Iowa City Public Library’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/steve-kemp-an-exaltation-of-parks/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250818T165506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T192251Z
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SUMMARY:Donika Kelly: The Natural Order of Things
DESCRIPTION:What does a life look like on the other side of survival\, and can the one who survived come to recognize that she did? \nDonika Kelly’s poetry is known for its resonant\, unflinching confrontations with trauma and inheritance\, translated through myth and nature. The Natural Order of Things expands these explorations into a new realm: one defined by joy and connection. It is an ode to companionship with people\, animals\, and our planet\, and reveals the reparative power of intimacy. In poems inventive\, playful\, and formally nimble\, Kelly pays homage to the voices and people she comes from\, the songs of her lineage. Other poems follow the early stirrings of love to erotic transcendence with the lover and the self. Throughout\, Kelly finds mirror and marvel in nature\, art\, and precious friendships. Though it once seemed impossible\, she realizes a surprising place for herself\, a rightness in the larger world. \nDonika Kelly is the author of Bestiary\, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, and The Renunciations\, winner of the Anisfield Wolf Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. \nThis event will be livestreamed at the Iowa City Public Library’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/donika-kelly-the-natural-order-of-things/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250908T171436Z
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SUMMARY:The Making of a Book: A Conversation with Johanna Drucker
DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Iowa Libraries for an intimate conversation with author\, artist\, and scholar Johanna Drucker about her new book\, Affluvia: The toxic off-gassing of affluent culture. In this talk\, Drucker will discuss her book\, along with its development \, and publication. It’s your chance to learn the ins and outs of writing and publishing your book.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/the-making-of-a-book-a-conversation-with-johanna-drucker/
LOCATION:University of Iowa Main Library room 2032 (second floor)\, 125 W Washington St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250818T170640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T170640Z
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SUMMARY:Iowa Bibliophiles Presents: Artists’ Books: Critical Writing in the Field with Johanna Drucker
DESCRIPTION:Artists’ books continue to be a hard-to-define and multifaceted field of works made at the intersections of conceptual art\, the craft of the book\, independent publishing\, alternative culture and other aesthetic motivations. No simple single lineage is shared by these works\, and even tracking them to an origin point (Illuminated manuscripts? The books of William Blake? The 20th century avant-garde?) can be problematic. Artists’ books have remained more marginalized in the mainstream art world than other forms like video or performance art\, in part because they are also difficult to exhibit in a way that lets them be read and experienced. The challenges for critical writing in the field are thus logistical as well as aesthetic. For a quarter of a century\, JAB: The Journal of Artists’ Books created a vital forum for critical writing. Literally hundreds of writers from dozens of countries contributed under the editorial vision of Brad Freeman. The University of Iowa Press recently issued The JAB Anthology\, a selection of works published from the journal. \nThis talk looks at the contributions of JAB\, relates these to other work in the field including my The Century of Artists’ Books (1994\, Granary Books)\, and includes a personal note on the dilemmas of producing one’s own artists’ books for decades. Brief interview clips with Brad Freeman will also be part of the talk. \nJohanna Drucker is an artist\, writer\, and scholar\, Emerita Breslauer and Distinguished Professor\, UCLA\, who has written and published widely on topics related to visual forms of knowledge production\, the historiography of the alphabet\, experimental visual poetry\, art history\, and other topics. Her recent titles include Affluvia: The Toxic Off-Gassing of Affluent Culture (Bridge Books\, 2025)\, Inventing the Alphabet (University of Chicago Press\, 2022)\, and Iliazd: Meta-Biography of a Modernist (Hopkins University Press (2020).
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/artists-books/
LOCATION:Shambaugh Auditorium\, University of Iowa Main Library\, 125 W Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250828T162721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T153308Z
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SUMMARY:John Warner – Only Humans Write: Why You Shouldn’t Outsource Your Humanity to ChatGPT
DESCRIPTION:John Warner\, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI believes there are important distinctions to be made between the writing of humans and the syntax generation of large language models like ChatGPT. These distinctions are at the root of what he believes we should value\, the fact that human communication comes from our “unique intelligences” and that humans are not reducible to patterns and predictions. In this presentation he will talk about how to navigate the tensions that generative AI has introduced into our schools\, workplaces\, and lives in order to preserve essential and meaningful experiences related to our deepest human selves. \nIn the book\, Warner argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should\, since these assignments don’t challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner\, writing is thinking—discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page—and feeling—grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. The fact that we ask students to complete so many assignments that a machine could do is a sign that something has gone very wrong with writing instruction. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words—and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing. \nThis event will be livestreamed and archived at the Iowa City Public Library’s YouTube channel. \n  \nCo-Presented by the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication \n \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/john-warner/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250903T155458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T155144Z
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SUMMARY:Guild of Book Workers Showcase & Market
DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of book arts! The Guild of Book Workers is in Iowa City this week for their annual conference\, and their Showcase & Market is open to everyone. \n\nOctober 9\, noon – 5 p.m.\nOctober 10\, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nOctober 11\, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.\n\nBrowse bookbinding tools\, unique and decorative papers\, artisanal leather and parchment\, artist books\, and more. \nVendor List\n\nAbra Mueller Marbled Paper\nAmerican Academy of Bookbinding\nCampbell-Logan Bindery\nColophon Book Arts Supply\nCrowing Hens Bindery\nDaniel Mellis\nGabrielle Fox\nHiromi Paper\nHarmatan Leather\nHerramientas Grosso\nIslam Aly\nJim Croft\nJim Freely\nJ Hewit & Sons\nKerner Marbled\nMidwest Marbling\nWake Robin Paper & Books\nWashi Arts\n\n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/guild-of-book-workers-showcase-market/
LOCATION:Graduate by Hilton Iowa City\, 210 South Dubuque St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20240913T163814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T165058Z
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SUMMARY:Tree Tour: Literary Grove at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Explore the Literary Grove with University of Iowa Arborist Andy DahlTake a guided stroll through the Literary Grove\, where each tree has a story to tell. Arborist Andy Dahl will share the unique histories and literary connections of these remarkable trees\, many linked to celebrated authors from the world-renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/tree-tour/
LOCATION:Dey House\, 102 Dey House\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250828T163355Z
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SUMMARY:Teresa Dzieglewicz: Something Small of How to See a River
DESCRIPTION:Something Small of How to See a River interrogates the idea of narrative. Who gets to tell a story and what does it mean when the official story\, the story told by the governor\, the police\, or the local media\, is a fundamentally dishonest one? The poems collected here meditate on failure: how systems fail us and our environment\, how whiteness fails to hold itself accountable\, how future generations and the land are being failed—and how\, in the face of all this\, the Standing Rock movement was not a failure. At the heart of this collection is the strength\, care\, and radical joy of the movement\, which shines through and against the violence. \nTeresa Dzieglewicz is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). She organizes “Watershed: Ways of Knowing the Chicago River” with poet/visual artist\, Natasha Mijares. Her first book of poetry\, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize. Her first children’s book\, co-written with Kimimila Locke\,  is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, Best New Poets\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Pleiades\, Ninth Letter\, and elsewhere. Teresa lives with her family in Chicago\, on Potawatomi land.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/teresa-dzieglewicz-something-small-of-how-to-see-a-river/
LOCATION:PorchLight Literary Arts Center\, 1019 E Washington St\, Iowa City\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250911T144208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T184139Z
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SUMMARY:Waters of the United States: A Conversation with Royal C. Gardner and Silvia Secchi
DESCRIPTION:Join author Royal C. Gardner\, Professor of Law\, Hugh F. Culverhouse Chair\, and Director of the Stetson Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy at Stetson Law\, at Prairie Lights for a reading from Waters of the United States\, his groundbreaking exploration of the legal and political battles that have shaped water protection in America. In conversation with University of Iowa Professor and Mississippi River Basin water research expert Silvia Secchi\, Royal will discuss the history and high-stakes future of the Clean Water Act\, the Supreme Court’s narrowing of WOTUS\, and what these decisions mean for our communities and environment. \nPresented in partnership with the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/royal-c-gardner/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250828T163652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T171648Z
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SUMMARY:International Writing Program Panel: Trials and Tribulations of Literary Translation
DESCRIPTION:A panel featuring International Writing Program participants Tomás Downey (Argentina) and Florencia del Campo (Spain)\, with guest author Kazim Ali.  \nThe International Writing Program (IWP) is a unique conduit for the world’s literatures\, connecting well-established writers from around the globe\, bringing international literature into classrooms\, introducing American writers to other cultures through reading tours\, and serving as a clearinghouse for literary news and a wealth of archival and pedagogical materials. Since 1967\, over 1\,600 writers from more than 160 countries have been in residence at the University of Iowa.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/international-writing-program-discussion-series/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140430
CREATED:20250908T172033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T155826Z
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SUMMARY:SlamoVision Watch & Judge Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special SlamoVision judging night! Attendees will watch performances from slam poets representing 17 UNESCO Cities of Literature around the world and help decide the outcome by scoring each one. Enjoy free pizza while you cast your votes—the scores from Iowa City will be combined with those from other cities to help crown the next international SlamoVision champion.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/slamovision-watch-judge-party/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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