Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA Videos
Videos by Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. Prairie Lights sprang to life in May 1978 as a small, intimate bookstore offering titles by the newer voices of Raymond Carver and Alice Munro and by established authors like Eudora Welty and George Orwell.
Jane Roper
Jane Roper reads from her timely and witty new novel "The Society of Shame".
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Sara Deniz Akant and Adrienne Raphel
In case you missed it, here's our recording of Sara Deniz Akant and Adrienne Raphel's reading and discussion at Prairie Lights!
Shelley Wong, Lauren Haldeman, and Courtney Marie Andrews at Mission Creek
This year's Mission Creek Festival was one to remember! Shelley Wong, Lauren Haldeman, and Courtney Marie Andrews read at Prairie Lights for the Mission Creek Lit Walk.
Jessica Laser
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Jessica Laser reads from "Planet Drill" where Joyelle McSweeney says "human language is like the slime-mold quietly recreating the subway map of Tokyo: deft, resourceful, pliant, responsive, and finally, collectively, wise."
Devin Johnston
Devin Johnston reads from his latest poetry collection, "Dragons" live at Prairie Lights!
Rafael Frumkin 3.20.mp4
Here's our recording of Rafael Frumkin's reading, where he reads from "Confidence"!
Eleanor Catton
If you missed it, here's Eleanor Catton's reading from "Birnam Wood" live at Prairie Lights!
Peter Cole and Kaveh Akbar Reading
Here's our recording of Peter Cole and Kaveh Akbar from their Prairie Lights events!