Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Poems selected for 2022 are on display at the Iowa City, […]
Students in grades 1-8 in Iowa City-Cedar Rapids Corridor area school districts, or home school students in those equivalent grades, are encouraged to submit one page of writing for the […]
Interview by Zoë Miller When did your interests in literature and writing begin, and how have they grown over the years? I come from an artistic family. My mom taught […]
The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization has completed judging for this year’s Glory of the Senses: Paul Engle Essay Contest, and will award scholarships to six high school […]
Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announced more than $2.3 million in grants have been awarded to 191 Iowa organizations and individuals working in arts, culture, […]
As part of the 2022 MusicIC festival, professor Ed Folsom led a lecture and discussion focusing on Walt Whitman’s poem Lilacs and why musicians continue to set his poetry to music. […]
The “Stories from Ukraine” project is a series of videos that offers a chance to better understand Ukraine, its culture, and its people. The project is a collaboration among the […]
Iowa’s civil rights history boasts many early freedoms for Black citizens, many long before such laws were passed nationally. In 1868, Iowa was the first state outside of New England […]
Our next Community Reads project with Anna Barker will be The Count of Monte Cristo. The project follows on past readings of The Red and the Black, Colonel Chabert, War and Peace, The Brothers […]
