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Beowulf with John Heimbuch

The James Theater 213 N Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA

The Iowa City Book Festival & Crooked Path Productions present... Valor! Strength! Monsters! Hear the tale of Beowulf! Adapted by Charlie Bethel Performed by John Heimbuch Directed by Amy Rummenie

$20.00

Co-Crafting the Just City: A panel with Jim Throgmorton

Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

In this session a moderated panel of readers will discuss former Iowa City mayor Jim Throgmorton’s new book, Co-crafting the Just City. In it, Throgmorton narrates a story about how, using

Free

BETH A. LIVINGSTON

Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

Despite efforts that have been made in the last few decades, gender and racioethnic equity still hasn't been achieved. What's worse, Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latina women are being held

Free

ANGIE CRUZ

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor. Her fourth novel, How Not To Drown in A Glass of Water is forthcoming Fall 2022. Her novel, Dominicana was the inaugural book pick for GMA book

Free

International Writing Program: Panel Discussion

Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

The 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

Free

Anna Barker: Teaching classics on Facebook, Les Misérables at 160

Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

Project Guttenberg, Audible, Facebook, and Zoom in the Afterlife of The Decameron, Paradise Lost, War and Peace, Brothers Karamazov, and Les Misérables. A session with Professor Anna Barker. This event is

Free

Curtis Bauer and María Sánchez

Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

Curtis Bauer and María Sánchez will discuss Sánchez's new memoir, Land of Women. Sánchez, who will appear via Zoom, is a third-generation Spanish veterinarian whose memoir looks at how we

Free

Alex Kotlowitz

Pappajohn Business Building 21 East Market Street, Iowa City, IA

One Community, One Book Author Keynote with Alex Kotlowski The UI Center for Human Rights 2022 One Community, One Book selection is An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by

Free