Iowa Summer Writing Festival Archives

‘Unfamiliar eyes’ and the wonders of home

Posted on Aug 2, 2018 by Thomas Dean

Since his days as an urban and regional planning professor at the University of Iowa, Iowa City mayor Jim Throgmorton has encouraged us to see our community through “unfamiliar eyes” in order to understand it better. I am fortunate that I do so every summer. For a good number of years, I have been privileged […]

New York Times best-selling author Amber Dermont talks about form, her love of IC and how she keeps readers under her spell

Posted on Jul 1, 2015 by Gemma de Choisy

Amber Dermont is the author of Damage Control, a short story collection… […]

Dermont and Poirier to lead craft talk at FilmScene

Posted on Jun 12, 2015 by Gemma de Choisy

Filmmaker Spotlight: The Art (And Business) of the Script FilmScene — Saturday, June 13 at 11 a.m. The Iowa Writers’ House — a new, nonprofit literary organization in Iowa City — kicks off its summer lecture and workshop series tomorrow with a special event presented in collaboration with FilmScene and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. […]

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