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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power | The Lens

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The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power, looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means...

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International Writing Program 2024: Images of America | Iowa City Public Library

The Fall IWP Residents share impressions of their time in the United States.

The IWP Friday Panel Discussion series provides an opportunity for the residents of Iowa City to meet and...

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International Writing Program 2024: Blurred Boundaries | Iowa City Public Library

A conversation between four IWP 2024 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Blurred Boundaries" followed by Q&A. This event is supported by University of Iowa International Programs...

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2024 International Writing Program Panel: Balancing Life as an Artist | Iowa City Public Library

A conversation between four IWP 2024 Fall Residency writers and Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Jennifer Croft on the theme of "Balancing Life as an Artist" followed...

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Anne Frank’s Diary – A Multilingual Multimedia Reading | Iowa City Book Festival 2024

Students from Iowa City, fluent in 15 different languages, will present passages from Anne Frank’s diary. This event provides an opportunity for attendees to engage in meaningful dialogue, reflect...

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Poetry in Public Reading | Iowa City Book Festival 2024

Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from some of the 2024 Selected Poets.

Featuring...

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Ari Berman: Minority Rule | Iowa City Book Festival 2024

Ari Berman is the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and a reporting fellow at Type Media Center. He will read from Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the...

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Jarod K. Anderson - Something in the Woods Loves You | Iowa City Book Festival 2024

Sometimes in life, you find yourself lost in an utterly dark place. When poet and author Jarod K. Anderson found himself trapped by a deep and lonely depression, he turned to the woods, literally...

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Josh Cowen, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers | Iowa City Book Festival 2024

Josh Cowen is Professor of Education Policy at Michigan State University, and an author on topics related to education politics, school choice, and culture wars in the United States. In addition...

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Iowa City Community School District Visiting Author: Tiffany D. Jackson

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...

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