Poet Melanie Braverman reads from her new collection called Red. Braverman was born and raised in Iowa City and that was the setting for her 1996 novel East Justice, but her new work is placed in Providencetown, Mass., where she has lived for...
THE RUN FOR THE ROSES: The Hawkeyes played "never say die" football in the 1991 Rose Bowl before falling to Washington, 46-34, and Iowa fans never faltered. -- RADIO DAYS: For over 70 years, the UI has been on the air, broadcasting news, music,...
My Life as a Student: Temperamental roommates, 7:30 a.m. physics finals, and Airliner pizza—in the first excerpts from a yearlong journal project, six undergraduates share their experiences at the UI. – ChangeAbility: Technological devices...
Contents: Cover letter to Esther Walls from Miriam Braverman Sept. 12, 1972; Letter to Miriam Braverman Sept. 19, 1972; Report of West Africa trip, June-July 1965
Janie Breggin Braverman is a fiction writer and poet living in Iowa City. Her work has appeared in The Baltimore Review; Disturbing the Peace: Writings of Colorado Lawyers; Pinyon; Steam Ticket; Desert Voices; Being Jewish Magazine; and on the...
Melanie writes, "I was born and raised in Iowa City, where most of my immediate family still resides. Though I've lived on Cape Cod for nearly thirty years, much of my work - from its often pastoral subject matter to its rolling syntax - owes much...
A New Magazine: Alumni Association Publishes "Prologue" for UI Juniors, Seniors -- Wanted: Nurses. UI College of Nursing is Starting Point for Future RNs --Hawks Go to Rose Bowl --Winning Season: First in 20 Years --Network Offers Students...
Veterans -- Helping the handicapped -- The Champs -- Prof. John C. Gerber -- Basketball preview -- Old Capitol Restoration -- Alumni Band -- Vladimir Horowitz -- Foreign Students at Iowa -- Alumni Family -- Deceased -- Life Member Honor Roll --...
THE DAY AFTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE: Nicholas Meyer's TV movie about nuclear war drew 100,000,000 viewers and a lot of controversy; four UI professors explain why the film was worth it -- FROM THE CHAPEL TO THE CLASSROOM: With the
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DOING GOOD: Whatever the challenge, volunteers work to make a difference. In these stories, we focus on people who reach beyond themselves to spread a little cheer, help their neighbors, heal the sick, and befriend children they otherwise wouldn't...
Truce or Consequences: The people in Northern Ireland have decided they want peace, and a remarkable Iowa graduate is helping them achieve it. Mo Mowlam, who went face-to-face with killers from both sides of the conflict to broker the Good Friday...
ON CAMPUS: Find out what's been happening at the UI—from a unique research station to be built on the Mississippi River to the first Korean Culture Festival to a breakthrough in human genetics. -- IN CLASS: Rediscover the power of your...
IN CLASS: Students discover everything they wanted to know—and more—in a class that analyzes the links between sex and culture. -- A Grand Experiment: Medical experiments move out of the laboratory and into the kitchens and everyday lives of...
This poem was chosen for Poetry in Public 2008, sponsored by the Iowa City Public Art Program. Poetry in Public celebrates Iowa City's rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages in city buses, a...