Following the success of its first massive open online course (MOOC) earlier this spring, the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP) is gearing up…
Iowa City literature
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Book Plug: Mortom by Erik Therme
The internet may have democratized publishing, but not everyone has something to write. Iowa City native Erik Therme did, and he self-published his first novel, Mortom, in February. Mortom unravels the story of Andy Crowl, an oddly chosen heir and cousin to a recently-deceased loner, playing “the game” his cousin set up for him. A […]
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An excerpt from ‘The Education of Nancy Adams,’ the latest novel from Iowa City author Larry Baker
I have perfect vision and low blood pressure, assets that make me a great shot. I can sit on the dock that slopes away from my house and finish a box of…
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Farewell Strange Cage: Russell Jaffe’s high-energy poetry reading series comes to a close
For three years, Little Village art columnist Russell Jaffe has energized the poetry scene in Iowa City with his reading series Strange Cage…
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Interview: Scott Samuelson reads Thursday at Prairie Lights
Philosophy is a dense topic, and Kirkwood philosophy instructor (and longtime Little Village contributor) Scott Samuelson knows this better than most …
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Hot Tin Roof: The Bed
Hot Tin Roof is a program to showcase current literary work produced in Iowa City. The series is organized and juried by representatives of three Iowa City-based cultural advocacy organizations: The Englert Theatre, Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and Little Village magazine.
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Book Plug: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird By Helen Oyeyemi Helen Oyeyemi wins this month’s award for “book I’m most curious about.” Her newest novel, Boy, Snow, Bird takes inspiration from Snow White and wicked stepmothers in order to launch a complex discussion about race, identity, beauty and suffering. The setting is 1950s New England. The title comes from […]
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Mission Creek Plan of Attack: Saturday and Sunday
Even though getting through today will require at minimum three disco naps (mostly just to mitigate the perpetual hangover I’ve had since Wednesday) it will be worth it. So, what will I be checking out this weekend? let’s start the insanity… 11 a.m. (ongoing) Presses and magazines from around the country will be at The […]
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Book Review: The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
“Empathy,” Leslie Jamison explains in the first essay of her debut collection, “comes from the Greek empatheia — em (into) and pathos (feeling) — a penetration, a kind of travel. It suggests you enter another person’s pain as you’d enter another country, through immigration and customs, border crossing by way of query: What grows where you are? What are the laws? What animals graze there?”
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Read an excerpt from Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World
Prairie Pop columnist, Kembrew McLeod, will be reading from his new book, Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World, at Prairie Lights this…
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Hot Tin Roof: On forgetting names
Hot Tin Roof is a program to showcase current literary work produced in Iowa City. The series is organized and juried by representatives of three Iowa City-based cultural advocacy organizations: The Englert Theatre, Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and Little Village magazine.
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Jesus’ Son and then some: Denis Johnson reads to Iowa City this week
According to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the acclaimed poet, playwright, essayist, short-story guru and award-winning novelist Denis Johnson has returned…
