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Iowa City Book Festival: Don Waters

Saturday, October 5, 2019 10:00am
FilmScene
In 2010, Don Waters set out to write a magazine story about a surfing icon who had known his absentee father. It was an attempt to find a way of connecting to a man he never knew. He didn’t imagine that the story would become a years-long quest to understand a man who left behind almost nothing except for a self-absorbed autobiography for his abandoned son. These Boys and Their Fathers touches on Waters’ early life with his single mother—and her string of dysfunctional men—and his later search...

Live from Prairie Lights: Eileen Pollack

Saturday, October 5, 2019 10:00am
Prairie Lights Books
The Iowa City Book Festival Presents Eileen Pollack, who will read from her new novel based loosely on Unabomber Ted Kaczinski, The Professor of Immortality. "A Perfect Life probes how we live in the face of uncertainty and the ways risk can both disable and empower us. In her latest novel, Eileen Pollack has crafted a tender exploration of family love that is as smart and thought-provoking as it is moving." —Celeste Ng A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Pollack is the author of the...
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Live from Prairie Lights: Daniel Poppick and Jessica Laser

Friday, October 4, 2019 5:30pm
Prairie Lights Books
Writers’ Workshop graduates Daniel Poppick and Jessica Laser will read from their work. Jessica Laser will read from Sergei Kuzmich from All Sides, published by Letter Machine Editions.  “Finally an oracle with a gorgeous sense of humor. Jessica Laser's vision is singular, her voice at once formidable and intimate. Its impeccable wit imparts a bracing metaphysics” —Margaret Ross.  Laser is also the author of two chapbooks. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she is currently a PhD...
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Write Nite

Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:00pm to 6:30pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Experienced, aspiring, and amateur writers alike: this summer, make our museums your muse. Be sure to join us for the next Write Nite as we welcome a very special guest guide! Our Write Nite events are usually a self-guided experience through our galleries after hours, but the next one will feature the award winning author and Iowa Writers' Workshop grad, Nora Claire Miller.  Nora will lead a generative found poetry workshop. The Museum of Natural History is full of...