Books and Writing

Poetry in Public with the Iowa Student Poet Ambassador | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

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 2023 Selected Poets. Also on the bill...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Patchwork: A Reading of Literary Translation | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

In every corner of this universe, there is a story waiting to be heard. Join the students of the Literary Translation MFA as they gather and read excerpts from their translations of world...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: Nathan Hill | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

Nathan Hill’s best-selling debut novel, The Nix, was named the number one book of 2016 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the year’s best books by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR,...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: Kristen Roupenian | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

Kristen Roupenian holds a PhD in English from Harvard, an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, and a BA from Barnard College. She is the author of the short...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: Josh Larsen | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

Josh Larsen is the co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting and author of Movies Are Prayers. He will discuss his new book, Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror. Presented in...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: On the Body

A conversation between three IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "On the Body," followed by Q&A.

Busisiwe Mahlangu (poet, playwright, fiction writer; South Africa...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

Struggles with the Truth of Agriculture and Water Quality | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

Author Dr. Chris Jones (The Swine Republic) is joined by journalists Keith Schneider and Erin Jordan to examine Iowa and the Midwest’s efforts at water quality, public information, and the modern...

Books and Writing, Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Book Festival

2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Style in the Hard Light of Algorithm

A conversation between four IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Style in the Hard Light of Algorithm," followed by Q&A.

Yasuhiro Yotsumoto (poet, translator,...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Writing the Not-Self

A conversation between three IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Writing the Not-Self," followed by Q&A.

Azhar Noonari (poet, translator, journalist; Ukraine) is...

Books and Writing International Writing Program