Single story wooden depot with signal and people on platform. "Near corner of Garfield & N. Sheridan. Picture taken around turn of century. Howard Wallace - R #6 - ..... Where Wm. K. Wallace Lived. Picture shows Wm. K's wife Sarah Jane & her...
A TRIUMPHANT LIFE: Helene Scriabine never imagined she would see her Russian homeland again, but thanks to Glasnost the UI professor emeritus is returning to see work begin on a film inspired by her life. -- ENVIRONMENT BECOMES A HOT ISSUE: The...
In this celebration of fifteen years of Live From Prairie Lights a line-up of prominent writers who have read from their work on "Live from Prairie Lights," including UI Writers' Workshop alumna Mary Swander; Jane Hamilton; Dorothy Allison; Lan...
Editor Matthew Rothschild reads from "Democracy in Print, the Best of the Progressive."
This collection of the periodical's essays captures many of the most influential voices from a century of United States history. Included are pieces by the...
Animal activist Gene Baur reads from "Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food," his bestseller now out in paperback. The reading is one of several events at which Baur will appear during a four-day visit to eastern Iowa...
Novelist Rae Meadows reads from, Calling Out. A young woman comes to terms with a life she hadn’t planned. After being dumped by her boyfriend, Jane quits her job in New York City, drives west, and lands in Salt Lake City, where she takes a job...
Les Claypool reads from his debut novel, South of the Pumphouse. A dark tale of two brothers, a fishing trip, drugs, and murder. And, in his Les Claypool style, he also discussed things apart from the book.
Les Claypool established himself as one...
Novelist Lorna Landvik, author of Patty Jane's House of Curl, Oh My Stars, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, and other book club favorites reads from her new novel, View from Mount Joy. This story begins with a teenage hockey player and a seductive...
Former University of Iowa staff/faculty members Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz, who are both photographers and writers, return to Iowa City to read from "Purebread and Homegrown: America's County Fairs," which they co-authored.
Jane Stern and...
Katie Ford and fellow Iowa Summer Writing Festival faculty member Douglas Goetsch read at Prairie Lights.
Katie Ford boasts an unusual set of credentials -- Master of Divinity from Harvard and Master of Fine Arts from the UI. She is the author of...
Peter Nazareth interviews Agnieszka Kolakowska. Kolakowska discusses her accomplishments in the translation of non-fiction and academic texts. She explains that she is just beginning to translate novels and has also begun writing her own novel. She...
Wayne Johnson reads excerpts from two of his books, The Baseball Diaries and The Devil You Know. Johnson then goes on to discuss his childhood years spent in northern Minnesota, as well as the subsequent experiences that served to inform his...
Iowa City novelist and essaying Douglas Bauer reads from the new collection of food-related essays he edited, "Death by Pad Thai: And Other Unforgettable Meals."
Two of the 20 essays in the book were written by Lan Samantha Chang, director of the...
Iowa Writer's Workshop graduate and former professional skakeboarder Bret Anthony Johnston reads from his highly praised collection of shorts stories, Corpus Christi. Author Jane Hamilton says, “What I especially love about these stories is how...
Susan Troller reads from her newly published collection of chicken stories, Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks. The book is a funny, poignant, wry look at the backyard phenomenon of raising chickens for eggs, meat or just plain pets. In...
Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret and friends read from the newly published How to Be Happy: People Ages Eleven to Ninety-two Reveal Their Secrets. How to Be Happy is a collection of 33 essays by people from all walks of life about their philosophies on...