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Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the UI During the Long Civil Rights Era

Dr. Lena M. Hill, Senior Associate to the UI President and Dr. Michael D. Hill, UI Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, discuss the creation of the 2016 book "...

Books and Writing, Local History

Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

Sara Goldrick-Rab, Professor of Higher Education Policy & Sociology at Temple University discusses the crisis of college affordability and student loan debt. She offers solutions for...

Current Issues and Politics

Project Green: Lives Written on the Land

Iowa City ecologist and author, Connie Mutel, talks about the ongoing ecological story of Iowa's agricultural transformation and what our past has meant for Iowans and for the state's...

Gardening, Nature, and Home Project GREEN

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