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The UI Press is the only university press in Iowa, also dedicated to the preservation of literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. Scholarly titles include reference and course books, and trade books published by the UI Press include the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, as well ...
Thomas Leslie, the author of Iowa State Fair: Country Comes to Town, wrote that the novel State Fair is "a surprisingly dark coming-of-age story that took as its major plot device the effects of the 'worldly temptations' of the Iowa State Fair on a local farming family", capturing tensions between urban Des Moines and rural Iowa. [1]
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The Iowa City Book Festival returns in Iowa City from Sept. 28 to Oct ... A majority of events are free to attend, but some do have a cost. ... Local author book fair at MERGE from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On Aug. 14, fair officials tally up the votes to announce a winner along with the pick for People’s Choice Best New Food, both released on Aug. 16. New alcohol-free drinks at the 2024 Iowa State ...
The 2024 Iowa State Fair takes place Aug. 8-18. How much are tickets to the Iowa State Fair? Discounted admission tickets are already on sale for $11 for adults, a $5 discount over regular prices ...
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A total of 102,510 people went to the eighth day of the Iowa State Fair on Thursday. How does attendance at the 2024 Iowa State Fair compare to 2023? Attendance in 2024 was 1,035 people from 2023 ...