Books and Writing

2024 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Writing With the Weight of the World

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...

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2024 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Storytelling in the Digital Age

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...

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Author Visit: Amy Chu | Iowa City Public Library Lib Con 2024 Keynote

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.

Books and Writing

Author Visit: Jane Smiley | Iowa City Public Library

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.

She will be...

Books and Writing Visiting Authors

Author Visit: Jerry Harrington | Thunder from the Prairie: The Life of Harold E. Hughes

Author Jerry Harrington will present on the life of former Iowa Governor and US Senator, Harold E. Hughes.

Hughes was an impactful actor within the rise of postwar American liberalism, the...

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Iowa City Community School District Visiting Author: Stacy McAnulty

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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2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Images of America

Each of the International Writing Program's Fall Residencies ends with an "Images of America" panel wherein the writers speak on their time in Iowa and the U.S. more generally, what...

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2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Writing Love in the Age of Irony

A conversation between four IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Writing Love in the Age of Irony," followed by Q&A.
Wong Yi Eva (fiction writer, essayist,...

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2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Must a Migrant Be Grateful?

A conversation between three IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Must a Migrant Be Grateful?," followed by Q&A.
Brenda Navarro (fiction writer, editor; Spain/...

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Writing Across the Sinosphere: Bilingual Reading | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

The UI International Writing Program and the Center for Asian Pacific Studies will be hosting a bilingual reading featuring 2023 Fall residents Kevin Chen (Taiwan), Tammy Lai-Ming Ho and Wong Yi...

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