The Visiting Author program is a targeted program the ICCSD Foundation supports. In partnership with Hills Bank’s Community Reading Month, two book authors are selected each year to visit the...
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground (1864), his first consequential post-Siberian imprisonment publication, explores the tragicomedy of humanity’s entrapment in the confines soul-sapping...
Today’s panel explores the significance of a writer’s identity in their work, as well as their audience’s interpretation of it. While writers coming from a particular cultural background may fully...
A conversation between four IWP 2024 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "In and Out of Translation" followed by Q&A. This event is supported by University of Iowa International...
This year's IWP residency represents writers from thirty countries, various ages, genres, and interests. Regardless of these differences, one thing unites this year's participants: they...
Prairie Lights, Ice Cube Press, and the Iowa City Public Library are delighted to welcome Ruth Harkin to our space! She will talk about her new book, When My Husband Ran for President and Other...
A conversation between three IWP 2024 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Writing with the Weight of the World," followed by Q&A. This event is supported by University of Iowa...
A conversation between four IWP 2024 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Storytelling in the Digital Age," followed by Q&A. This event is supported by University of Iowa...
Amy Chu--writer for Marvel, DC, Netflix and more--will speak about her history making Title IX lawsuit which brought women's soccer to Iowa City and her career as a comic book author.
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jane Smiley returns to Iowa City in support of her latest novel, Lucky, the story of a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times.
