Books and Writing

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

International Authors: "Writing and..."

For those who have a job in some industry other than writing full-time, how does one balance the two professions? Are they connected, and if so, how does writing contribute to your “day job,” or...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

Willard L "Sandy" Boyd reads from his new memoir "A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier"

University of Iowa legend Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd will read from and discuss his new book, "A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier", from University of Iowa...

Books and Writing

Poetry month event: Reading Aloud - A Sampler of 19th Century Poetry

Recorded by April 3, 2019

Join us for "A Sampler of 19th Century Poetry," a Poetry Month program by the Reading Aloud Group from the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. Today...

Books and Writing Reading Aloud

Make Trouble: Cecile Richards in Conversation with Monique Galpin

Recorded by March 26, 2019

Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood, and Monique Galpin, Iowa City health care advocate and and President of the UI African American Council...

Books and Writing Visiting Authors

Visiting Author 2018 Bryan Collier

Recorded by Nov. 7 2018

 

This year's visiting author to Iowa City Community School District is Bryan Collier, an American writer and illustrator known best for illustrating children...

Books and Writing Visiting Authors

2018 Iowa City Book Festival: Silvia Hidalgo "How to Be An American"

Recorded October 6, 2018

 

While author and illustrator Silvia Hidalgo (who was born in Costa Rica and moved to the U.S. in 1998) was studying for her citizenship test, she took to...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

2018 International Writing Program "Images of America"

Recorded Oct. 26, 2018

 

Join us for the closing chapter of our weekly community conversation series over *free pizza* Fridays at the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL), Meeting Room A...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

2018 International Writing Program: Wo/Men in Flux

Recorded Oct. 19, 2018

 

International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residents Adriana Borja Enríquez (Ecuador), Umar Timol (Mauritius), Alisa Ganieva (Russia), and Aušra Kaziliūnaitė (...

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International Writing Program: Creating in Full View

Recorded October 12, 2018

 

This week guest moderator Lauren Haldeman will join 2018 International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residents Salah Badis (Algeria), Tianxin Cai (China),...

Books and Writing International Writing Program