Eskor David Johnson: Pay As You Go

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

Eskor David Johnson is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. His writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine, and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. A graduate of Harvard University

Mindy Mejia: To Catch a Storm

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

Mindy Mejia is a CPA and a graduate of the Hamline University MFA program. Her debut novel, The Dragon Keeper, was published by Ashland Creek Press in 2012. She lives

Nathan Hill: Wellness

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

Nathan Hill’s best-selling debut novel, The Nix, was named the number one book of 2016 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the year’s best books by The New York Times,

Patchwork: A Reading of Literary Translation

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

In every corner of this universe, there is a story waiting to be heard. Join the students of the Literary Translation MFA as they gather and read excerpts from their

Ayana Mathis: The Unsettled

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

Ayana Mathis with special guest moderator Lan Samantha Chang. From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia 1985, Ava

Open House Party at PorchLight Literary Arts Center

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Join us for drinks and appetizers at PorchLight Literary Arts Center. Walk through our space and find out about all we do: residencies, our new co-op model, Misfit Master Classes,

Jonathan Lethem, Brooklyn Crime Novel

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

“The levels of mystery here astound. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts and then the parts decide to act alone and challenge the whole. Lethem is

Werner Herzog

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

Legendary film director Werner Herzog will receive FilmScene’s Cinema Savant award and appear in conversation to discuss his life in film and read from his soon-to-be-released autobiography, Every Man for

Free Flicks: Rabbitson Crusoe and Rabbit of Seville

FilmScene at The Chauncey 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA

FilmsScene presents free screenings of classic Looney Tunes shorts, Rabbitson Crusoe and Rabbit of Seville. The films run on a loop all morning.

The Little Old Lady and the Riceballs with Monica Leo

FilmScene at The Chauncey 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA

The Little Old Lady and the Riceballs, a Japanese tale told with puppets, followed by a short discussion of the history of Eulenspiegel as told in Monica Leo's new book, Hand,