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Josh Gondelman and Lyz Lenz | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

Josh Gondelman is a comedian and a writer/producer for “Desus & Mero” on Showtime. Previously, he earned two Peabody Awards and three Emmys for his work on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver...

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Kassandra Montag | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

A little more than a century from now, the world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, starting with the great coastal cities, rising floodwaters have left...

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Paula Becker | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman’s struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. Paula Becker is a writer and historian living in Seattle, Washington. She...

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William Steele | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

April 21st, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of the film Field of Dreams, based on the book Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella. Kinsella and his work were thrust into the limelight back in 1989 with...

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Dr. Angela Williamson | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

Dr. Angela Williamson, an award-winning independent filmmaker, speaker, and adjunct instructor in the Communication Studies Department at Concordia University Irvine, will speak about her book,...

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International Authors Event: Speaking Freely? | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

By definition, being a writer depends on having speech be free. Yet freedom of speech is understood and valued very differently across historical moments, cultures, and contexts; the concept of “...

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An Evening with Author John Sandford | Iowa City Book Festival 2019

New York Times bestselling author John Sandford visits the Iowa City Book Festival to discuss his new book, Bloody Genius. John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...

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International Authors: On the Body

A person’s body affects the way they navigate the world, and their experiences in it. How much power does a body (pertaining for instance to race, gender, sexuality, physical ability) have over (...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

Reading Aloud: American Journal

Reading Aloud, the Senior Center-based poetry reading group, will present selections from Tracy K. Smith's collection "American Journal."

This program is part of the 2019...

Books and Writing Reading Aloud

Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: When to see a Genetic Counselor?

Presented by Mary-Kayt Jones, a certified genetic counselor at the Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

26 million and counting consumers have completed direct-to-consumer testing (DTC)....

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