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Tell Me Your Story: Dan Gable

Ellen Buchanan interviews University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable.

Interviews Tell Me Your Story

Author Visit: Jack Gantos

Jack Gantos is our first Author in Residence at Iowa City Public Library, in celebration of the Library's 5th anniversary in a new facility. Jack Gantos' books take readers from the...

Books and Writing

One of a Kind: Marilynne Robinson

Ellen interviews Marilynne Robinson, award winning author and instructor at the Iowa Writer's Workshop.

Interviews One of a Kind

Third Thursdays: New Possibilities for the Third Wave

Join Richard MacNeil, Professor in the Department of Leisure Studies, for a program about how to discover new passions in the third phase of your life. Among Dr. MacNeil's favorite leisure...

Current Issues and Politics

International Mondays: The Peace Corps Experience

A presentation by Amie Meade and Becky Bowman, UI graduate students and UI Peace Corp representatives.

Current Issues and Politics

Author Visit: Father Greg Boyle

Prairie Lights and the Iowa City Public Library co-sponsor Father Greg Boyle reading from his work of nonfiction "Tattoos on the Heart". Father Boyle will be signing his book after the...

Books and Writing

High and Lonesome

Remember those house parties where folks just rolled up the rugs, pulled out the instruments and danced? Wish you remembered them? Listen, jam and dance with some of Iowa's best Old Time...

Local History, Arts, Music, and Hobbies Weber Days

Author Visit: Sarah Prineas

Sarah talks about her latest book, The Magic Thief: Found.

Recorded May 2010.

Books and Writing

Author Visit: Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore's Dilemma, reads from his latest book In Defense of Food.

Recorded January 2008.

Books and Writing