To Enter, Bring 3 of your best poems Sign up begins at 6:30pm. Slam starts at 7pm poets compete for audience adoration and great prizes in a three round elimination. Join us for a bard room brawl of poetic excellence The last mondy of every month at Coffee Emporium
Sarah Rose Etter will read from her best selling novel, Ripe, which was named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Huffington Post, and Kirkus. This novel, now available in paperback, has been A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, A Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection, and A Marie Claire Book Club Pick. Etter will be joined in...
This lecture looks at the continuing life and uses of some very old books in and outside of the Making the Book, Past and Present exhibition. Starting from one of the biggest in both scale and edition size, the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle, which was printed from hundreds of woodcut blocks, to others containing mystical puzzles or movable parts, no...
Writers' Workshop graduate Jane Huffman will read from her new book of poetry, Public Abstract, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize selected by Dana Levin. "In Jane Huffman’s poems, I feel the impassioned psychic venturing of Emily Dickinson, the wit of Kay Ryan, the fragmented surreal of Jean Valentine, and the playfulness and bravado of Gertrude...
REGISTER HERE Have you ever wanted to make a broadside of your own writing? Or of somebody else’s? A broadside is basically a fancy word for poster — and broadsides have historically been used as a way to cheaply disseminate writing! There are infinite ways to make a broadside — one-of-a-kinds and editions — and in this...
Agricultural and antitrust policy expert Austin Frerick will read from his new book on the titans of today’s food industry, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. He will be joined in conversation by Gazette Reporter Erin Jordan. Hailed as “An urgently important book,” by Eric Schlosser, Publishers Weekly says, “In this eye-opening debut...
Thursday 4:00pm to 5:00pm In-person event + Online other Teen Center Adam from 1 Week Critique is here every Thursday to lead a Teen Writing workshop. If you love to write or have considered it and have been too scared to try, now's your chance! Teen authors also have the opportunity to have their work featured at...
Professors Natalie Lira and Angela Hume will talk about their new books, Laboratory of Deficiency and Deep Care. They will engage in conversation about reproductive justice on the topics of abortion and the history of sterilization. Natalie Lira is Assistant Professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Laboratory of Deficiency. "Lira's...
10:30am to 11:00am In-person event + Online other Join us in person for Book Babies! Let's have fun together singing, reading, and rhyming. Book Babies is a program designed to stimulate your infant's language development and is geared towards ages 0-2 years. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Book Babies will meet...
Join us for a special 5:30 event with the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program Alumni Series! Deborah Taffa will read from her new book, Whiskey Tender. She will be joined in conversation by Melissa Febos. "We have more Native stories now, but we have not heard one like this. Whiskey Tender is unexpected and propulsive, indeed tender, but also bold,...
Join the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation for a lecture with writer Ilyon Woo benefiting the Iowa City Public Library. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A. Presigned copies of books will be available for purchase from Prairie Lights in the lobby at the event. 10% of book purchases will be donated back...
Write at the Stanley is a monthly workshop series that explores different approaches to ekphrastic writing, the art of creative writing inspired by visual art. The Stanley Museum of Art provides the perfect backdrop for this form of expression with its stunning collection of art. Writers can engage with the art in the galleries as they delve into...
