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Iowa's Economy & the Economics of TIF: Presented by League of Women Voters

Dave Swenson, Iowa State University economist, addresses Iowa's economy and the economics of TIF.

This event was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County and the...

Current Issues and Politics

International Author Series 2016: Images of America - What We Saw

Fall Residents share impressions of their time in the United States during this perennial IWP favorite.

The International Authors program series provides an opportunity for the community to...

Books and Writing

International Authors Series 2016: The Sound of Your Words, The Line on Your Screen

In today's world of increasingly mixed media, pairing images with prose, music with poetry, or motion with plot can deepen affect and broaden audience reach.

The International Authors...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

International Authors Series 2016: World Literature Today

What are the most exciting currents and influences of contemporary writing beyond and across the borders of national literatures today?

The International Authors program series provides an...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

International Authors Series 2016: At Language's Edge

In what ways does translation and/or multilingual writing stretch, alter, inflect the creative process of literary thinking?

The International Authors program series provides an opportunity...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

International Authors Series 2016: Fiction in the Age of Film

Graphomane, cinephile, both? Along what pathways can the written word cross the bridge to cinematographic storytelling?

The International Authors program series provides an opportunity for...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

International Authors Series 2016: Real Work

Franz Kafka was a legal clerk. Kurt Vonnegut was a car dealer. Harper Lee was a ticket agent. How do day jobs infiltrate writing lives, minds, stories?

The International Authors program...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

International Authors Series 2016: Right to Remove, Right to Refuge

Is changing one's country a basic human right? A conversation about the impact of the millions in motion today, worldwide.

The International Authors program series provides an opportunity...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

International Authors Series 2016: The Shape of Your Paragraph

Genre writing may be constraining or exhilarating. What are the limits and the thrills of genre specialization in the world's literary cultures?

The International Authors program series...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

Mission Creek Festival 2016: Digitized - The Evolution of Music in the Age of Connection

Digitized: The Evolution of Music in the Age of Connection, is an all-star panel discussion of the evolution of technology and its increasing impact on the ways in which music is now created,...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies