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Bonnie Jo Campbell at Prairie Lights
When: Sunday, July 17, 10:30 a.m.
Location: 15 South Dubuque Street
Website: http://www.prairielights.com/Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier.
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Jennifer Black Reinhardt at AKAR
When: Sunday, July 17, 11:00 a.m.
Location: 257 East Iowa Ave
Website: http://www.akardesign.com/Join Jennifer Black Reinhardt as she shares her experience as a children's illustrator.
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Carol Galusha at Defunct Books
When: Sunday, July 17, 11:00 a.m.
Location: 521 East Washington Street, Phone Number: 319-354-3534
Website: http://www.defunctbooks.comCecelia Spenndrum's life plan is working out beautifully: New York City, handsome boyfriend who just happens to be a lawyer, and a job at the top publishing company in the city.
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Civic Reflections at Mercy Hospital - Atrium
When: Sunday, July 17, 11:00 a.m.
Location: 500 East Market Street, Phone Number: 319-358-2767
Website: http://www.mercyic.org/Imagine getting together with other interesting people and exploring the values and choices we each make in our lives and community.
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Kevin Luthardt at The Haunted Bookshop
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:00 p.m.
Location: 203 North Linn Street, Phone Number: 319-337-2996
Website: http://www.thehauntedbookshop.com/Bring your children to see Kevin Luthardt, children's book illustrator. Kevin takes the kids through the process of creating a picture book from the basic idea to the finished product.
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David Phillip Mullins at Beadology Iowa
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:00 p.m.
Location: 220 East Washington Street, Phone Number: 319-338-1566
Website: http://beadologyiowa.com/site/action/load?site=2David Phillip Mullins, short fiction writer will read from his latest work.
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CANCELLED: Civil War Diaries Reading at The Bostick House
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:00 p.m.
Location: 115 North Gilbert Street, Phone Number: 319-354-2453
Website: http://www.universityguesthouses.com/The Civil War Diary readings have been cancelled. If you would like to see some Civil War diaries, please visit the exhibit in the UI Main Library.
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Iowa City Scrabble Club at The Bread Garden
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:00 p.m.
Location: 225 South Linn Street
Website: http://www.breadgardenmarket.com/Do you like word games? Join the Iowa City Scrabble Club at The Bread Garden Market for some friendly competition.
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Jeremy Jackson at Home Ec.
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:00 p.m.
Location: 207 North Linn Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4775
Website: http://www.homeecworkshop.com/Jeremy Jackson, author of Good Day for a Picnic, will share some of his picnic favorites.
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Will Boast at M.C. Ginsberg Jewelers
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:00 p.m.
Location: 110 East Washington Street
Website: http://www.mcginsberg.com/Will Boast, short fiction writer will read from his forthcoming collection.
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Hot Tin Roof Winners at Public Space One
When: Sunday, July 17, 12:30 p.m.
Website: http://publicspaceone.com/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:...
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The Hunger Games in Gibson Square
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Burlington & Madison
Are you a fan of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games? In the future country Panem, teens from the “districts” are chosen for the Hunger Games.
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Laurel Snyder at Hamburg Inn, No. 2
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 214 North Linn Street, Phone Number: 319-337-5512
Website: http://www.hamburginn.com/Laurel Snyder, children's author
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M.S. Coe at Iowa Artisan's Gallery
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 207 East Washington Street, Phone Number: 319-351-8686
Website: http://www.iowa-artisans-gallery.com/Poet and Artist-in-Residence at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, M.S. Coe will read her poetry.
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Deborah Taffa at Active Endeavors
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 138 South Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-9444
Website: http://www.activeendeavorsonline.com/Deborah Taffa, will read from her essay, "The Year We Bought Our Hitchhiker" which was chosen for the anthology, Best Travel Essays 2011.
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Kate Kasten at Congregational United Church of Christ
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 30 North Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4301
Website: http://www.uccic.org/Kate Kasten will read from her novel The De-Conversion of Kit Lamb.
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Stephen Lovely at Discerning Eye
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 119 East Washington Street
Website: http://www.SeeWellLookGreat.comStephen Lovely, author of Irreplaceable, will read from his latest work.
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Jef Beck at Iowa Book
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 8 South Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4188
Website: http://iowabook.com/Jef Beck will read from his book and share part of his collection of Ken dolls.
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Writing Through Loss at Mercy Hospital - Atrium
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 500 East Market Street
Website: http://www.mercyic.org/Readings about loss and discussion of how writing can be used during a time of loss. Kate Bengtson, Bereavement Outreach Coordinator, Iowa City Hospice, will moderate the panel discussion.
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Freddy Fonseca at Om Gifts for Body and Soul
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 105 South Linn Street
Website: http://www.manta.com/c/mmgr5ky/om-gifts-for-body-soulPoets Freddy Niagara Fonseca and Raven Garland will recite poetry selections of 76 poets living in Fairfield, IA.
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Thisbe Nissen at Revival
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 117 East College Street
Website: http://www.revivaliowacity.com/Thisbe Nissen, novelist and short fiction writer will read from her recent work.
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Al-Mutanabbi Project at The Paper Nest
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 220 East Washington Street
Website: http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward/preview?u=6c4aa11efa08c860b59c79a69&id=f05066aaceOn March 5th 2007, a car bomb was exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. Al-Mutanabbi Street is in a mixed Shia-Sunni area.
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Special Collections & University Archives Open House
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Third Floor, UI Main Library; 319-335-5921
Curator of Rare Books David Schoonover presents “Curator’s Choice: 25 Acquisitions 1986-2011.”
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Conservation Lab Open House
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: First Floor, UI Main Library; 319-335-5286
Staff, students, and volunteers will be on hand to provide tours of the conservation lab, and demonstrate the techniques they use to save and restore books, manuscripts, and other artifacts.
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Dan Wardell at Iowa City Public Library
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:30 p.m.
Location: 123 Linn Street
Website: http://www.icpl.orgDan Wardell, popular host of the IPTV Kids Clubhouse, returns for two special Reading Road Trip programs at Iowa City Public Library.
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Jerry Harp at Prairie Lights
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:30 p.m.
Location: 15 South Dubuque Street
Website: http://www.prairielights.com/Jerry Harp will read selections of Donald Justice's poetry. Harp was a student of Donald Justice and has recently published Justice's biography.
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Mutel and McGehee at UI Museum of Natural History
When: Sunday, July 17, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Macbride Hall
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist/Authors Claudia McGehee and Connie Mutel will talk about how the natural world forms the ground base of their writing.
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Josh Rolnick at T'Spoons
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 301 East Market Street, Phone Number: 319-358-6471
Author Josh Rolnick will read from his work at T'Spoons on Market St.
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Lucy David at Beadology Iowa
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 220 East Washington Street, Phone Number: 319-338-1566
Website: http://beadologyiowa.com/site/action/load?site=2Bookbinder Lucy David will demonstrate a variety of book-making techniques.
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Heather Gudenkauf at Bluebird Diner
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 330 East Market Street, Phone Number: 319-351-1470
Website: http://www.thebluebirddiner.com/Heather Gudenkauf, novelist, will read at the Bluebird Diner.
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Tom Montgomery Fate at Congregational United Church of Christ
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 30 North Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4188
Website: http://www.uccic.org/Author Tom Montgomery Fate will read from this memoir, Cabin Fever.
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Bob Hibbs at Iowa Book
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 8 South Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4188
Website: http://iowabook.com/Bob Hibbs will read from his book and share some of his favorite postcards.
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Students Reading at Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 1816 Lower Muscatine Road, Phone Number: 319-887-3619
Website: http://www.kirkwood.edu/iowacityKirkwood students and faculty who were published in Kirkwood's literary magazine will read a portion of their own work.
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Camille Dungy at The Mansion
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 538 South Gilbert Street
Website: http://www.themansion-interiors.com/Poetry's Interior Designs with Camille Dungy.
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Civic Reflection at Trinity Episcopal Church
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 320 East College Street, Phone Number: 319-337-3333
Website: http://www.trinityic.org/Imagine getting together with other interesting people and exploring the values and choices we each make in our lives and community.
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Creative Writing Workshop Students at Wild Bill's Coffee Shop
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Location: 321 North Hall, 319-335-3750
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~socialwk/wildbills/index.shtmlSocial Work Creative Writing Workshop students will read from their work. Then author J. Harley McIlrath will read fromhis book Possum Trot.
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Dan Wardell at Iowa City Public Library
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:30 p.m.
Location: 123 South Linn Street, Phone Number: 319-356-5200
Website: http://www.icpl.org/Dan Wardell, popular host of the IPTV Kids Clubhouse, returns for two special Reading Road Trip programs at Iowa City Public Library.
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Aal, Abdel-Latif and Khalifa at Shambaugh House
When: Sunday, July 17, 2:30 p.m.
Location: Shambaugh House, 430 N. Clinton Street
Authors Ghada Abdel Aal, Yasser Abdel-Latif and Khaled Khalifa will read from their work at the Shambaugh House, home of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
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Robyn Schiff at Catherine's
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 7 South Dubuque Street
Website: http://catherinesic.com/Robyn Schiff, poet will read from her latest work.
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John T. Price at Congregational United Church of Christ
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 30 North Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4301
Website: http://www.uccic.org/John T. Price will read from his latest work.
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Scott Fisher at Iowa Book
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 8 South Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4188
Website: http://iowabook.com/Scott M. Fisher will read from his book Eastern Iowa's Aviation Heritage.
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Reading Aloud at Mercy Hospital - Atrium
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 500 East Market Street, Phone Number: 319-358-2767
Website: http://www.mercyic.org/The Reading Aloud group of the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center will present a program of poems by Paul Zimmer from his collection, “The Importance of Being Zimmer” (Settlement House...
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Ice Cube Press at UI Bookstore
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 201 South Clinton Street
Website: http://www.book.uiowa.edu/Train to Nowhere author Colleen Bradford Krantz will be joined by fellow Ice Cube Press authors Harley McIlrath, Mary Swander, Larry Baker, Patrick Irelan and Bob Wachal.
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Mary Helen Stefaniak at University Guest Houses
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 328 Jefferson Street, Phone Number: 319-354-2453
Mary Helen Stefaniak meet and greet on the porch.
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CANCELLED: Storybook Characters at Willowwind School
When: Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 950 Dover Street, Phone Number: 319-338-6061
Website: http://www.willowwind.org/Play your favorite storybook character at Willowwind School.
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Novel Iowa City at The Englert
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 221 East Washington Street; 319-688-2653
Website: http://www.englert.org/Iowa City’s first Twitter novel comes to a conclusion. Watch as the finale is projected on the big screen live, in the company of several of the project’s writers and editors.
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Robin Lovin at Congregational United Church of Christ
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 30 North Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4301
Website: http://www.uccic.org/Robin W. Lovin will read from his work.
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Joe Michaud at Iowa Book
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 8 South Clinton Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4188
Website: http://iowabook.com/Joe Michaud, author of Iowa City, City of the Book: Writing, Reading, and the Book Arts in the Heartland, will share his literary history of Iowa City.
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Murphy-Brookfield
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 219 North Gilbert Street
Website: http://www.biblio.com/bookstore/murphy-brookfield-books-iowa-cityIowa Poetry Workshop Grads will be reading: Francisco Guevara, Daniel Khalastchi, Shane McCrae, and Nick Twemlow.
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Rebecca Wee at RSVP
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 140 North Linn Street, Phone Number: 319-337-4400
Website: http://www.rsvp-asap.com/Rebecca Wee will read from her latest work.
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Undergraduate Nonfiction Writers at T'Spoons
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 301 East Market Street, Phone Number: 319-358-6471
A reading of creative nonfiction by undergraduate writers from the UI Undergrad Nonfiction Writing Program.
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Kate Kasten at Textiles Inc.
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 109 South Dubuque Street, Phone Number: 319-339-0410
Website: http://www.textilesiowa.com/Kate Kasten will read from her novel The De-Conversion of Kit Lamb.
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Andre Perry at The Chait Galleries Downtown
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 218 East Washington Street, Phone Number: 319-338-4442
Website: http://www.thegalleriesdowntown.com/Andre Perry, non-fiction writer and a couple of other MFA graduates will read from their latest work.
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Shelia Kohler at Trinity Episcopal Church
When: Sunday, July 17, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 320 E. College Street
The compelling story of a forbidden marriage, a baby lost, and a love triangle gone horribly wrong, Love Child centers on Bill, a South African woman whose life has been...
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Jane Hamilton at The Englert
When: Sunday, July 17, 5:00 p.m.
Location: 221 East Washington Street
Website: http://www.englert.org/Join Prairie Lights' own Paul Ingram in his ICBF edition of Paul's Book Club. He'll be discussing The Short History of a Prince with author Jane Hamilton.
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The Roast of Iowa City at The Mill
When: Sunday, July 17, 6:30 p.m.
Location: The Mill Restaurant, 120 E. Burlington
We all love living here, especially during the summer, but–as with any relationship–there are certainly times when life in Iowa City can just about drive you crazy.
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