BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature - ECPv5.16.1.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20230312T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20231105T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230216T202134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230217T191306Z
UID:2374-1677326400-1677333600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Jr. High Writing Jam! Featuring the IYWP and author Mike Meginnis
DESCRIPTION:All 7th and 8th graders who like to write are invited. Come together with other writers to compare ideas and be inspired to write something new. Instructors from the Iowa Youth Writing Project will moderate this awesome event. Open mic\, and amazing door prizes. FREE! \nLoading… \nMike Meginnis is the author of Drowning Practice (2022\, Ecco) and Fat Man and Little Boy (2014\, Black Balloon). His short fiction and essays have appeared in Hobart\, PANK\, The Lifted Brow\, Recommended Reading\, Booth\, The Pinch\, The Collagist\, The Sycamore Review\, Fanzine\, American Book Review\, and Writer’s Digest. His story “Navigators” appeared in Best American Short Stories 2012. He lives and works in Iowa City. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/2023-jrhighwritingjam/
LOCATION:Poindexter Coffee\, 210 S Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DrowningPractice.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230603
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230531T174203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T174203Z
UID:2843-1685664000-1685750399@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Paul Engle Glory of the Senses High School Essay Contest Deadline to Submit
DESCRIPTION:To continue Paul Engle’s tradition of inspiring writers and celebrating the rich culture of Iowa\, the City of Literature organization annually solicits essays from Iowa high school sophomore about an “Iowa experience\,” drawing on a specific memory to capture the sights\, sounds\, smells\, tastes and touches of the day. The author of the essay judged by reviewers to be the best receives one year of free tuition to the University of Iowa. A select number of runners up receive a $500 scholarship from the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. \nThe contest is based on Engle’s writings\, particularly his memoir\, A Lucky American Childhood. \nThe deadline for submissions for the 2023 contest is June 2. To view details about this year’s contest and how to submit\, click here.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/paul-engle-glory-of-the-senses-high-school-essay-contest-deadline-to-submit/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:General
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Paul_Engle-204x300-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230621T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230504T174641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T182012Z
UID:2576-1687374000-1687374000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Caroline Shaw and Marilynne Robinson\, In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, June 21\, at 7 p.m.\, MusicIC will present a pre-recorded conversation between Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist\, Marilynne Robinson and Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award–winning composer Caroline Shaw\, moderated by MusicIC’s Founding Artist Director Tricia Park. The women will discuss Shaw’s string quartet Three Essays\, the first movement of which was written to mimic Robinson’s writing. Segments of the string quartet will be performed live\, in tandem with the conversation. Three Essays was a 2023 Grammy Award-winner\, as part of the Attacca Quartet’s album Evergreen\, which won Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance. The conversation will be free and open to the public and will be presented in Meeting Room A at the Iowa City Public Library (123 S. Linn St.).
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/caroline-shaw-and-marilynne-robinson-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/june-21.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230509T184247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T160838Z
UID:2578-1687462200-1687462200@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Centering Women’s Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Thursday’s concert\, Centering Women’s Perspectives\, will feature myriad contemporary female composers\, incorporating perspectives from a collection of Western and non-Western musical traditions. The program aims to re-examine musical and literary hierarchies by presenting string quartets of oral- based storytelling songs from Mali\, Indian Ragas\, and melodies based on Iranian poetry. Composers represented on this concert include Caroline Shaw\, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté\, Jessie Montgomery\, Aftab Darvishi\, Reena Esmail\, and MusicIC’s own Tricia Park. This concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday\, June 22\, at Trinity Episcopal Church (320 E College Street)\, and is free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/centering-womens-perspectives/
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church\, 320 E. College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, United States
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Caroline-Shaw-Hawa-Kasse-Mady-Diabate-Jessie-Montgomery-Aftab-Darvishi-Reena-EsmaiTricia-Park-Instagram-Post-Square-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230623T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230509T184536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T164422Z
UID:2603-1687548600-1687548600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Anonymous Was a Woman (ticketed event)
DESCRIPTION:A pre-concert lecture by Marian Wilson Kimber will begin at 6:30 p.m.\, followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m. \nFriday\, June 23\, will see MusicIC present Anonymous Was a Woman\, an intimate concert at 7:30 p.m. at Riverside Theatre (119 E College Street)\, drawing connections between two powerhouse women: Prominent English author and feminist icon\, Virginia Woolf\, and composer Dame Ethel Smyth – the first female composer to be granted a damehood. The program will begin with Smyth’s Violin Sonata in A minor (Op. 7)\, written in 1887. Though the classical music canon has historically relegated her to a footnote\, Smyth is enjoying some long overdue recognition\, both for her distinctive musical voice and larger than life personality. Ahead of her time\, Smyth was a suffragette and defiantly out about her sexuality and relationships with women. \nFollowing Smyth’s Sonata\, audiences will be treated to a semi-staged version of Dominick Argento’s song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf\, which won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Music\, the same year in which it was premiered in Minneapolis. Smyth and Woolf would meet near the end of their lives and continue a fruitful intellectual and artistic relationship\, lasting until Woolf’s suicide in 1941. By pairing Smyth’s music and Woolf’s private words\, we can begin to allow the deeply personal etchings of these two women to fully come to the forefront\, in a way they were unable to during their lives. \nBefore the concert\, music scholar\, author\, and University of Iowa Professor Marian Wilson Kimber will give a pre-concert lecture exploring the development of works by women artists and the barriers they faced. General admission tickets to the Friday\, June 23\, concert are $20; $10 for students. They are available at the Riverside Theatre box office\, by calling (319) 259-7099\, or emailing boxoffice@riversidetheatre.org. \n \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/anonymouswasawoman/
LOCATION:Riverside Theatre – A pre-concert lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m.\, followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m.\, 119 E. College St.\, Iowa City\, 52240
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Anonymous-Was-a-Woman.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230624T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230624T103000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230509T184323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T151110Z
UID:2582-1687602600-1687602600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Family Concert
DESCRIPTION:To round out the season\, MusicIC will return to the Iowa City Public Library to perform its beloved family concert at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday\, June 24\, featuring a program of musical storytelling for kids of all ages\, in partnership with the Iowa City Public Library children’s department. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/family-concert/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/family-concert.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231002T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231002T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230911T154253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T154253Z
UID:3100-1696271400-1696278600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:SlamoVision Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Slam poets from around Iowa are invited to participate in a special international slam event in Iowa City on Oct. 2. \nSlamoVision is a project of the international UNESCO Cities of Literature. Slam poets in some of the 42 Cities of Literature around the world will compete in their home cities. One poet from each participating city will move on to an international competition to be judged by fans from the other cities. At the end of the process\, one poet will be named the SlamoVision champion for 2023. This is the fifth year for the international competition. \nThe Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and Iowa City Poetry will co-host Iowa City’s slam poetry event at 6:30 p.m. on Monday\, Oct. 2\, at the Public Space One location at the Close House\, 538 S. Gilbert St. Poets from across Iowa may participate. Sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.; the slam begins at 7 p.m. Each poet has three-and-a-half minutes to perform. At the completion of three rounds\, the winning poet will be chosen to represent Iowa City in the international competition. \nTwelve Cities of Literature are participating in Slamovision 2023: Dublin (Ireland)\, Exeter (UK)\, Iowa City (US)\, Kuhmo (Finland)\, Ljubljana (Slovenia)\, Manchester (UK)\, Melbourne (Australia)\, Nottingham (UK) Québec City (Canada)\, Reykjavik (Iceland)\, Tartu (Estonia)\, and Vilnius (Lithuania). \nA video of the winning poet from the Oct. 2 event will be entered into the international contest. Audiences in each participating City of Literature will gather to watch and score the dozen video. The Iowa City watch event will be held as part of the Mic Check Poetry Fest\, Nov. 3-4. The scores from all of the cities will be tabulated and an international SlamoVision poet will be crowned during an online event on Dec. 5 hosted by the Nottingham City of Literature in England. \nCheck out the 2022 and 2021 winners:\nStrong Tea by Abíọ́dún ‘Abbey’ Abdul\nIsland Screams by Cara Thompson \nTo learn more and see all previous Slamovision Contestants\, please visit:\nhttps://cityofliterature.com.au/slam-o-vision/
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/slamovision-poetry-competition/
LOCATION:PS1 Close House\, 538 S Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SlamoVision-Instagram.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231008T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231008T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230802T170751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T183724Z
UID:2947-1696771800-1696771800@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:One Community One Book: The Farm by Joanne Ramos
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 One Community\, One Book is The Farm by Joanne Ramos. Told from the perspective of four women\, The Farm explores gender\, race\, and class\, and of who has access to power\, freedom\, and choice. \nThis event is free and open to the public. This event will have ASL interpretation. Doors open at 1 p.m. Author Keynote begins at 1:30 p.m. Author book signing immediately following the lecture. \n\nAuthor and City of Literature esteemed City of Literature board member\, Lyz Lenz\, has launched a virtual book club to discuss “The Farm” by Joanne Ramos.  Join the discussion at: Men Yell at Me Book Club.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/one-community-one-book-the-farm-by-joanne-ramos/
LOCATION:C20 Pomerantz Center\, 213 N Clinton St\, Iowa City\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/poster-announcement.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230823T160809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T153646Z
UID:3022-1696788000-1696788000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Little Village Presents: Roast of Iowa City
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nYear after year\, some of the area’s most treasured comics and writers gather together to relentlessly burn and mock everything sacred and dear about our town. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/little-village-presents-roast-of-iowa-city/
LOCATION:ReUnion Brewery\, 113 E College St\, Iowa City\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Roast-of-Iowa-City-Green-Text.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231009T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230824T151716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T151906Z
UID:3033-1696878000-1696878000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Anna Karenina starring Greta Garbo\, Basil Rathbone\, and Fredric March
DESCRIPTION:This 19th-century period piece is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel. On a trip to St. Petersburg\, Anna Karenina (Greta Garbo)\, neglected wife of the famed Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin (Basil Rathbone)\, meets a handsome military officer\, Count Vronsky (Fredric March). Vronsky becomes enamored of Anna and follows her back to Moscow to confess his feelings. Will she follow her heart to be with him\, even if it destroys her family and results in public disgrace?
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/anna-karenina/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Anna_Karenina_1935_poster.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230814T163755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T163907Z
UID:2973-1696953600-1696953600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Curator Guided Tour: Hey Buddy\, I’m Bill
DESCRIPTION:Hey Buddy\, I’m Bill tells the story of Bill Sackter\, the namesake of Wild Bill’s (formerly Wild Bill’s Coffee Shop) in the University of Iowa School of Social Work. From his early life in Minneapolis to his 44-year institutionalization for an intellectual disability to his years of friends and fame in Iowa City\, the exhibit shares a glimpse into Bill’s life and legacy. The exhibit also acknowledges some of Iowa’s own history with institutionalization and progress with disability rights\, and places Bill’s story in the context of the historic treatment of people with disabilities. The exhibit not only tells how Bill’s life embodied the disability practices and perspectives of his time\, but also how the national prominence of his life story helped America make progress toward better understanding and treatment of people with disabilities. \nThe exhibition features artifacts\, documents\, and ephemera from Bill’s life as well as ways for visitors to contribute stories about their own experiences with disability.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/curator-guided-tour-hey-buddy-im-bill/
LOCATION:University of Iowa Main Library Gallery\, 125 W Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bm-099-1024x779-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230823T153514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T153624Z
UID:3006-1696964400-1696964400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Sarah Cypher: The Skin and Its Girl
DESCRIPTION:A young\, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping debut\, a family saga confronting questions of sexual identity\, exile\, and lineage. \nIn a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family’s ancestral home in Palestine\, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns a vibrant\, permanent cobalt blue. On the same day\, the Rummanis’ centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of all Rummani lore\, Aunt Nuha\, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history\, harkening to a time when the Rummanis were among the wealthiest soap-makers and their blue soap was a symbol of a legendary love. \nDecades later\, Betty returns to her Aunt Nuha’s gravestone\, faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay in the only country she’s every known or should she follow her heart for the woman she loves\, perpetuating her family’s cycle of exile? Betty finds her answer in partially translated notebooks that reveal her aunt’s complex life and struggle with her own sexuality\, which Nuha hid to help the family emigrate to the U.S. But as Betty soon discovers\, her aunt hid much more than that. \nThe Skin and Its Girl is a searing\, poetic tale about desire and identity and a provocative exploration of how we let stories divide\, unite\, and define us–and even wield the power to restore a broken family. Sarah Cypher is that rare debut novelist who writes with the mastery and flair of a seasoned storyteller.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/sarah-cypher-the-skin-and-its-girl/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Skin-and-Its-Girl.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230926T153717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T153717Z
UID:3238-1696964400-1696964400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding
DESCRIPTION:The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding\nSelected Videoclips and Talkback \nOpera fan and UI Professor Emerita Miriam Gilbert leads a talkback session on The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding\, joined by the opera’s lead soprano Élise DesChamps (UI School of Music) and sci-fi scholar Brooks Landon (UI Dept. of English). \nThe Machine Stops\, featuring a libretto written by Iowa author and UI workshop graduate Cecile Goding and original score composed by Iowa City musician John Lake\, debuted at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts in July 2022. Based on a 1909 science fiction story by E. M. Forster\, the opera imagines a world where all reality is filtered through The Machine. Everyone lives alone\, communicating solely through their hand-held devices. Sound familiar? \nSelected videoclips of the CCPA production of The Machine Stops will be shown. Audiences responded to the debut performance with high praise: “Surprisingly contemporary;” “a powerful experience;” “a stunning success;” “beautiful and complex;” “gorgeous music and strong libretto.” \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/the-machine-stops-a-new-opera-by-john-lake-and-cecile-goding/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Machine-Stops-logo-for-Book-Festival.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230823T154616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T163235Z
UID:3017-1697025600-1697025600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Marta McDowell: Gardening Can Be Murder
DESCRIPTION:With their deadly plants\, razor-sharp shears\, shady corners\, and ready-made burial sites\, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on the mystery genre has been underappreciated. Now\, Marta McDowell\, a writer and gardener with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the genre\, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest mystery writers\, from Edgar Allen Poe to authors on today’s bestseller lists\, have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardens. \nFrom the cozy to the hardboiled\, the literary to the pulp\, and the classic to the contemporary\, Gardening Can Be Murder is the first book to explore the mystery genre’s many surprising horticultural connections. Meet plant-obsessed detectives and spooky groundskeeper suspects\, witness toxic teas served in foul play\, and tour the gardens—both real and imagined—that have been the settings for fiction’s ghastliest misdeeds. A New York Times bestselling author herself\, McDowell also introduces us to some of today’s top writers who consider gardening integral to their craft\, assuring that horticultural themes will remain a staple of the genre for countless twisting plots to come. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/marta-mcdowell-gardening-can-be-murder/
LOCATION:Coralville Public Library\, 1401 5th St.\, Coralville\, IA\, 52241\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Gardening-Can-Be-Murder.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230823T152347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T212216Z
UID:3002-1697047200-1697047200@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:How to read old paper: Searching for meaning in early modern English writing paper
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual invited Iowa Bibliophiles lecture as we study Shakespeare’s world through a unique lens. \n\n\n\nThis year we are joined by Heather Wolfe\, a consulting curator of manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington\, DC. She will present her talk “How to read old paper: Searching for meaning in early modern English writing paper” at 6pm October 11th in Shambaugh Auditorium and on Zoom. \nIn the late 1580s and 1590s\, England experienced a writing paper renaissance. High status people began to have access to and develop a vocabulary for an expanding range of imported fine paper. At the same time\, a German refugee jeweler named John Spilman began one of the first viable paper mills in England. Despite his documented struggles in sourcing rags\, he supplied writing paper to Queen Elizabeth’s Privy Council and a handful of printers\, adorning it with intricate watermarks depicting the queen’s coat of arms\, royal badges\, and cypher. Join Wolfe as she digs into the archival evidence to tell a story about paper that begins with impoverished and unhoused London rag women and ends with Queen Elizabeth. \nIn addition to stewarding the manuscript collection\, Wolfe teaches people how to read English secretary hand and oversees transcription crowdsourcing projects at the Folger. She publishes widely on early modern English manuscripts and hybrid books. Her essay “The Material Culture of Record-Keeping in Early Modern England\,” co-written with Peter Stallybrass\, received the 2019 Archival History Article Award from the Society of American Archivists. She was also the Munby Fellow in Bibliography at the University of Cambridge in 2021/22. Wolfe received her BA from Amherst College\, her M.L.I.S. from UCLA\, and her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. \nThis is a hybrid event. You can join us in person at 6pm at Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library\,  or on Zoom by registering here \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/how-to-read-old-paper-searching-for-meaning-in-early-modern-english-writing-paper/
LOCATION:Shambaugh Auditorium\, University of Iowa Main Library\, 125 W Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Bibliophiles-logo-newsletter.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230824T144307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T144307Z
UID:3031-1697050800-1697050800@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Tracie Morris: human/nature poems
DESCRIPTION:Weaving intimate portraits of home with what could be the travel journals of a 21st-century troubadour\, Tracie Morris’s human/nature poems is a hymn to the human and more-than-human world. These poems bear the record of a state of heightened perception\, springing from the displacements of travel and returning\, of memory and its triggers\, of global pandemics\, ecological catastrophe\, political unrest\, and mourning. With great precision and abundant insight\, Morris articulates the seam of our “human/nature”: “Sol has hands in Cairo\, in Luxor / today He Rises. I wonder where / the outstretch lands. It matters knot / what circles your head. What your / kin says is power. Aspects of ever / lasting light\, life is always made from parting.”
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/tracie-morris-human-nature-poems/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/human-nature-poems.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230818T161312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230818T161312Z
UID:2990-1697135400-1697135400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Translation! Ever New\, Ever Elusive
DESCRIPTION:Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is University Professor at Columbia University.  Her first job was at Iowa (1965-77)\, where she went through the ranks\, and profited greatly by the absolute support of colleagues among whom she would mention President Sandy Boyd\, Vice President May Brodbeck\, Chairs John Gerber and David Hayman\, and many many others. She met Ngugi Wa Thiong’o\, Okot p’Bitek\, and Sankha Ghosh at the International Writing Program; worked with John Cheever and Anthony Burgess at the Writer’s Workshop\, and was involved in the hiring of Maureen Robertson\, Danny Weissbort\, Steven Unger\, Ruedi Kuenzli\, Sheldon Pollock and others. Her special friends were Alexander Aspel\, Cassia Tomasini\, Dale Godwin. She has written a few books\, received a few prizes and holds a few honorary degrees. For many years\, she has been grappling with finishing a book on W.E.B. Du Bois and writing an Afterword on the first English translations of Gramsci’s conversation with Julia and Tatiana Schucht while imprisoned.  Humanities for social justice is her obsession. Translation is the medium of this work.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/gayatri-chakravorty-spivak-translation-ever-new-ever-elusive/
LOCATION:Old Capitol Senate Chamber\, 21 N. Clinton St.\, Iowa City\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_20230817_105846-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230823T155442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T201528Z
UID:3019-1697137200-1697137200@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality
DESCRIPTION:Author Dr. Chris Jones (The Swine Republic) is joined by journalists Keith Schneider and Erin Jordan to examine Iowa and the Midwest’s efforts at water quality\, public information\, and the modern myth of the “farmer.” \n  \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/the-swine-republic-struggles-with-the-truth-about-agriculture-and-water-quality/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Swine-Republic.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230914T175127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T190432Z
UID:3132-1697139000-1697139000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Dreamwell Theatre Presents: Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
DESCRIPTION:Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess\, the ghost of the murdered king\, dim soldiers\, strolling players\, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches. \nWritten by Sir Terry Pratchett\, and adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs\nDirected by Josh Sazon \nTicket info:\nhttps://www.thejamesic.com/\n319-600-2936\n213 N. Gilbert Street\, Iowa City \n  \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/dreamwell-theatre-presents-terry-pratchetts-wyrd-sisters/2023-10-12/
LOCATION:The James Theater\, 213 N Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52245\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Wyrd-Sisters.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230915T171413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T141456Z
UID:3174-1697198400-1697198400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:International Writing Program Panel Discussion: On the Body
DESCRIPTION:A person’s body affects the way they navigate the world\, and their experiences in it. How much power does a body (with regard to\, for instance\, race\, gender\, sexuality\, physical ability) have over\, or in\, an artist’s work? And\, with what devices can a writer affect issues their body can present– for instance via symbolism\, or by changing media\, or in the physical circumstances of reading and writing? \n  \nBusi Mahlangu (South Africa)\, Wesley Macheso (Malawi)\, Kevin Chen (Taiwan) \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/international-writing-program-panel-discussion-3/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IWP.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230802T170044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T170207Z
UID:2940-1697225400-1697225400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:John Irving in Conversation with Lan Samantha Chang
DESCRIPTION:Presented in collaboration with the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, University Lecture Committee\, Iowa City Book Festival\, and Refocus Film Festival \nPart of Hancher’s Infinite Dream festival \nJohn Irving is one of the foremost writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is the author of several books\, including the novels The Cider House Rules\, The World According to Garp\, and most recently The Last Chairlift. He was also inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1992. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, Irving returns to our campus and community to discuss his life and creative process alongside Iowa Writers’ Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/john-irving-in-conversation-with-lan-samantha-chang/
LOCATION:Hancher Auditorium\, 141 Park Rd.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/johnirving_infinitedream_920x383_v2.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230926T161758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T161758Z
UID:3241-1697227200-1697238000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Talks Live Iowa – Japan: A bilingual reading held simultaneously in Iowa City and Tokyo
DESCRIPTION:Involving the Japanese poet YOTSUMOTO Yasuhiro (IWP 2023)\, the Akutagawa Prize-winning writer LI Kotomi (IWP 2023)\, the Japanese poet SUGA Keijiro\, UI students from JPNS 3201 Workshop in Japanese Literary Translation; International Writing Program writers from Japan\, Taiwan\, Jamaica\, Nigeria\, and Kazakhstan; 10 young Japanese poets and several dozen Japanese undergraduates who will connect to us via Zoom; and other guests.  Our students are translating poems by these young Japanese poets\, and the Japanese students will be translating poems by the IWP writers from English into Japanese. \nPresented by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and International Programs at the University of Iowa.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/poetry-talks-live-iowa-japan-a-bilingual-reading-held-simultaneously-in-iowa-city-and-tokyo/
LOCATION:120 Phillips Hall\, 16 N Clinton St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52245\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Poetry-Talks-Live-Iowa-Japan.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230915T172152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T135656Z
UID:3181-1697277600-1697277600@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Josh Larsen: Fear Not!
DESCRIPTION:Josh Larsen is the co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting and author of Movies Are Prayers. He will discuss his new book\, Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. Presented in partnership with the ReFocus Film Festival.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/josh-larsen-fear-not/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Fear-Not.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230915T172441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T172441Z
UID:3183-1697283000-1697283000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Justin Torres: Blackouts
DESCRIPTION:Justin Torres is the author of We the Animals\, which won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\, was translated into fifteen languages\, and was adapted into a feature film. A graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he will read from and discuss his new book\, Blackouts. Fellow Workshop graduate Jamel Brinkley will moderate.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/justin-torres-blackouts/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Blackouts.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172903
CREATED:20230915T172627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T172627Z
UID:3185-1697283000-1697283000@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Daniel Kraus: Whalefall
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling author. His collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero\, The Living Dead\, was acclaimed by The New York Times and The Washington Post. The Iowa native will discuss his new novel\, Whalefall. 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/daniel-kraus-whalefall/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Whalefall.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172904
CREATED:20230825T194441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231014T153444Z
UID:3042-1697288400-1697288400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Storytelling Across the Arts: A Conversation with Lonnie Holley & Lee Baines
DESCRIPTION:Note: Kurt Vile will no longer be a part of this event. \nWe are excited to present instead a conversation between Lonnie Holley\, a renowned visual artist and musician\, and musician and writer Lee Baines. \nHolley’s most recent album Oh Me Oh My reflects on his difficult personal experiences growing up in the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children in the 1950s. Lee Baines\, who first met Lonnie Holley when Baines was a child\, is a musician and writer. He is the frontman of the remarkable punk band Lee Baines & The Glory Fires. His poems “Work Lunch” were recently published in The New Yorker. \nPart of Hancher’s Infinite Dream festival
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/storytelling-across-the-arts/
LOCATION:Old Capitol Senate Chamber\, 21 N. Clinton St.\, Iowa City\, 52242\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/baines-holley.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172904
CREATED:20230915T172835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T172835Z
UID:3187-1697288400-1697288400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Kristen Roupenian: Cat Person
DESCRIPTION:Kristen Roupenian holds a PhD in English from Harvard\, an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan\, and a BA from Barnard College. She is the author of the short story\, “Cat Person\,” which was published in The New Yorker. She will read from her short story collection\, Cat Person. Presented in partnership with the ReFocus Film Festival.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/kristen-roupenian-cat-person/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Cat-Person.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172904
CREATED:20230915T172956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T172956Z
UID:3189-1697288400-1697288400@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Eskor David Johnson: Pay As You Go
DESCRIPTION: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 and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he currently lives in New York City. Pay As You Go is his debut novel.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/eskor-david-johnson-pay-as-you-go/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pay-as-You-Go.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172904
CREATED:20230915T173123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T175422Z
UID:3191-1697293800-1697293800@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Mindy Mejia: To Catch a Storm
DESCRIPTION: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 in the Twin Cities with her family\, and is the author of Strike Me Down\, Everything You Want Me to Be\, and Leave No Trace. Her latest mystery novel is To Catch a Storm.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/mindy-mejia-to-catch-a-storm/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/To-Catch-a-Storm.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172904
CREATED:20230915T173252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T175358Z
UID:3193-1697293800-1697293800@www.iowacityofliterature.org
SUMMARY:Nathan Hill: Wellness
DESCRIPTION: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\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, Slate\, and many others. The native Iowan returns with Wellness. Moving from the gritty ’90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria\, this new novel mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound\, startling truths about intimacy and connection.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/nathan-hill-wellness/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Wellness.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR