Morbid Curiosities & Mabbott Poe

University of Iowa Main Library Gallery 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA

Special Collections & Archives is home to the Thomas Ollive Mabbott Papers, an intriguing collection of materials compiled by Mabbott, who was editor of the Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The

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Jerald Walker – James Alan McPherson and His Making of a Dragon Slayer

Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA

Jerald Walker, author of the 2020 National Book Award finalist How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, will discuss that work and more. For the black community, Jerald Walker asserts

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Lan Samantha Chang

Englert Theatre 221 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA

Sit in on a one-of-a-kind conversation with Iowa Writers’ Workshop director and renowned novelist Lan Samantha Chang (93MFA), who will chat with host Charity Nebbe, of Iowa Public Radio’s Talk

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ICON: 47 The Prime Universe

Cedar Rapids Marriott 1200 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA

ICON is an annual science fiction convention held in the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area of Iowa since 1975, usually in late October or early November, under the auspices of

Prairie Lights: All Iowa Reads: Rachel Mans McKenny

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

Established in 2003, the purpose of All Iowa Reads is to foster a sense of unity through reading. Iowans are encouraged to come together in their communities to read and

Prairie Lights: Margo Price

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

Country singer Margo Price will read from and talk about her new memoir, Maybe We'll Make It.