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...

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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...

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The Machine Stops : A New Opera by John Lake & Cecile Goding | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding
Selected Videoclips and Talkback

Opera fan and UI Professor Emerita Miriam Gilbert leads a talkback session on The...

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Student Poet Ambassador Johnnie Each and Poet Laureate Debra Marquart | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

A reading by Iowa Student Poet Ambassador, Johnnie Each, and Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart.

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Poetry in Public | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from 2022 Selected Poets.

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Author Visit: "Her Word is Bond" with Cristalle 'Psalm One' Bowen

“Nowhere near famous but still infamous,” Psalm One is a legend to rap nerds, scholars, and “heads,” and has gone on to work with the brightest names in rap and have her work celebrated and taught...

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Author Visit: "This Story Will Change" with Elizabeth Crane | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

One minute Elizabeth Crane and her husband of fifteen years are fixing up their old house in Upstate New York, finally setting down roots after stints in Chicago, Texas, and Brooklyn, when his...

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Author Visit: "They Knew" with Sarah Kendzior | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

In "They Knew," New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United States’ “culture of conspiracy,” putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in...

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On Critical Race Theory with Victor Ray | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a...

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Author Visit: María Sánchez with Curtis Bauer | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

Curtis Bauer and María Sánchez will discuss Sánchez’s new memoir, Land of Women. Sánchez, who will appear via Zoom, is a third-generation Spanish veterinarian whose memoir looks at how we view...

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