Davenport high school student Lola Nakashima-Brooke has been named the Iowa Student Poet Ambassador (ISPA) for 2023-24. Nakashima-Brooke, a junior at Davenport Central High School, will be inaugurated in Des […]
A multilingual poetry reading the evening of March 21 in Iowa City will be among several events taking place around the world as the UNESCO Cities of Literature celebrate World […]
The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization’s annual One Book Two Book Children’s Literature Festival will recognize the creative excellence of more than 30 area students as part of […]
Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Johnson County residents are invited to submit poems to […]
A new angle on the conventional end-of-year “best of” lists sees the UNESCO Cities of Literature, led by Iowa City, take to Twitter from Dec. 1-17, with their lists of […]
Slam-O-Vision, the spoken word version of Eurovision, hosted by the Cities of Literature — where each City slams their way to the grand title Slamovision Champion! In 2022, Slam-O-Vision is […]
Two Iowa City writers were selected for the 2022 Virtual Writing Residency program from the Melbourne City of Literature. Georgie Fehringer will work with the Emerging Writers’ Festival to connect […]
Henry Morray, a student at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, has been named Iowa City’s SlamoVision champion for 2022. A video of his winning slam poetry performance will be submitted […]
California writer and activist Rebecca Solnit received the Paul Engle Prize from the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature at a Sept. 29 ceremony at the Coralville Public Library. The […]
Slam poets from around Iowa are invited to participate in a special international slam event in Iowa City on Oct. 15. SlamoVision is a project of the international UNESCO Cities […]
