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For example, Iowa City’s Mayor Emma Harvat, who served in the 1920s, was not only the city’s first woman mayor but was also said at the time to be the first female mayor of any U.S. city with ...
The publication was an attempt by the organization to document all Iowa authors and their writing starting from 1880 to 1918. [1] The book contains a list of around 1,000 authors from Iowa. Marple added magazine writers, short story authors, and Iowa Press and Authors' Club members to the book.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen is a daily newspaper published in Iowa City, Iowa, United States that serves most of Johnson County and portions of surrounding counties. Its primary competitors are The Gazette of Cedar Rapids , which has a news bureau in Iowa City, and The Daily Iowan , the University of Iowa 's student newspaper.
Irving B. Weber (December 19, 1900 – March 16, 1997) was a local athlete, businessman, and historian in Iowa City, Iowa. He was the first athlete at the University of Iowa to make the All-American Swimming Team. He joined Sidwell's Ice Cream Company in Iowa City and later became one of its owners.
Enjoy what Iowa City has to offer this weekend, from book readings for all ages to a night out. From a book festival to Letterkenny, here are five things to do in Iowa City this weekend. Skip to ...
The local bookstore has been Iowa City's go-to spot for used books since 1978 and carries over 40,000 used, rare, out-of-print titles in over 50 different subject areas.
Frank Conroy was born on January 15, 1936, in New York, New York, to an American father and a Danish mother.Conroy graduated from Haverford College, and was director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa for 18 years, from 1987 until 2005, where he was also F. Wendell Miller Professor.
How long is the Iowa City Book Festival? The Iowa City Book Festival is from Sept. 28 to Oct. 13, “considerably longer” than normal, said John Kenyon, Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature director.