Books and Writing

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?

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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.

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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?

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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?

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Books and Writing International Writing Program

Visiting Author 2016: Delia Ray

This year's visiting author to Iowa City Community School District is Delia Ray, author of middle grade fiction and nonfiction.

Books and Writing, Children's

Author Visit: Michelle Hoover

Iowa native Michelle Hoover, author of the critically acclaimed The Quickening, returns with a new novel, Bottomland, about a German family in Iowa dealing with Anti-German sentiment after World...

Books and Writing

Author Visit: Rosemary Wells

Rosemary Wells comes to town! She is the gifted children's author and illustrator who created beloved characters Max and Ruby, Yoko, Sophie, and Felix, to name a few.

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Arts, Music, and Hobbies, Books and Writing, Children's

Eco Iowa City: Field to Family

Rowan Jacobsen will read from his work American Terroir as part of this event, part of the Eco Iowa City series.

Books and Writing, Gardening, Nature, and Home Eco Iowa City