Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane," Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper. Scrapbook also includes awards presented to Birkby by Iowa Press Women, Inc....
Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United...
Librarian and UI alumna Esther Walls was elected director of the United States Secretariat for the International Book Year 1972. In this capacity, she coordinated the activities of the U.S. Secretariat, an agency established to promote the United...
The tape begins with a sequence introducing an interview with Russian novelist Viktor Pelevin, which is interrupted by a video montage of Asian book covers and autumn scenery, including landscapes from Hickory Hill Park and Oakland Cemetery. The...
Jacob Zawa graduated from The University of Iowa in May 2009. He writes, "Struck by a lecture I attended led by Dr. Burns Weston on the subject of climate change, I thought for days that if I knew law I'd do something profounder than poetry."
In Liu Heng's talk, titled "Wandering between the Novel and Film," Liu orients his comments around his experience writing novels and collaborating with directors, who at times alter his "artistic design." Young-Moon Jung discusses how verbal and...