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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann
DESCRIPTION:LIVE and In Person at\nFIFTH STREET WRITERS\n612 5th St.\, AMES\, IA\nThursday\, November 20\, 6:30 PM\nBooks for Sale & Author Signing \nA vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices\, father and daughter\, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations. \nKaren Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome\, where she now lives. \nOn Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:\nDrawings from The Art of Being a Stranger\nThursday\, Nov 20: 6:30 PM\nFriday Nov 21 10:30 AM to Noon and 1 to 6:30 PM\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-karen-bermann/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight with John T. Price
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ames Writers Collective & KHOI Community Radio Station for an evening with John T. Price—live at Fifth Street Writers on Thursday\, October 9th at 7 PM. \nThis free community event features a reading\, book signing\, and conversation with John T. Price\,  author of the novel\, Goethe’s Oak–A Holocaust Story. Hosted in partnership with KHOI Community Radio\, the evening celebrates literature\, community\, and creative storytelling. \nAbout John T. Price: He is is the author of four creative nonfiction books: Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands\, Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships\, Daddy Long Legs: The Natural Education of a Father\, and All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations. He is the Regents/Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha\, where he directs the English Department’s Creative Nonfiction Writing Program\, and is a faculty member in the Goldstein Center for Human Rights. \nVisit KHOI to tune in!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/6591/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Anna Jinja Mather
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URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-anna-jinja-mather/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Poets Paul Brooke & Jennifer Knox
DESCRIPTION:Here at the Ames Writers Collective we like to refer to Paul and Jen as the Jen and Paul Show. Together they will entertain you with banter\,  conversation and poetry sure to make you laugh and to consider the wild outdoors! \nThis evening produced by the Ames Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio Station is teaser for Poetry Palooza!\, which is scheduled for April 19 through 20\, 2024. \n \nABOUT THE POETS \nDr. Paul Brooke is a Professor and the Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at Grand View University in Des Moines\, Iowa\, where he teaches Advanced Creative Writing\, Environmental Literature\, Creative Photography\, Experimental Photography\, Fiction\, Poetry Writing\, Introduction to Nonfiction\, Editing and Digital Publishing\, Contemporary Literature\, Diverse Voices\, Novel Writing\, Major Authors\, and Literary Theory. He has won awards for outstanding advising\, scholarship\, and teaching while at Grand View University\, plus granted two sabbaticals. To read more about his\, check him out on our Author Spotlight page. \nJennifer L. Knox is the author of five books of poems: Crushing It (Copper Canyon Press\, 2020)\, Days of Shame & Failure (Bloof Books\, 2018)\, The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway (Bloof Books\, 2010)\, Drunk by Noon (Bloof Books\, 2007)\, and A Gringo Like Me (Bloof Books\, 2005). \nKnown for their dark\, imaginative humor\, her poems have appeared in publications such as the New Yorker\, the American Poetry Review\, Granta\, McSweeney’s\, five times in the Best American Poetry series\, and the 2022 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses anthology. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post. To learn more about Jen\, check her out on our Author Spotlight page. \nABOUT POETRY PALOOZA? \n\nInspired by an educational and entertainment event of nearly 20 years ago\, this creative experience – Poetry Palooza! – has been a long time in the making. \n​In 2023\, Poetry& worked in partnership with Humanities Iowa\, Mainframe Studios\, Franklin Jr. High Event Center\, and the Iowa Poetry Association to make Poetry Palooza! a dynamic\, interactive\, and integrated performing arts experience. \n​This three-day festival celebrated Midwestern Poets Laureate\, cultivated students and emerging talent\, and demonstrated the positive power of poetry.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-poets-paul-brooke-jennifer-knox/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight Featuring Joe Geha
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Author Spotlight featuring Joe Geha\, author of Kitchen Arabic. Hear stories about his aromatic dishes and the writing of his book\, which is a fabulous holiday gift idea for the “home chefs” in your life. \nJoe Geha\, Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University\, is also the author of Through and Through: Toledo Stories\, and Lebanese Blonde. His poems\, plays\, essays and short stories have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. His work was granted an NEA award\, Pushcart Prize\, and the Arab American Book Award.  \nCopies of Kitchen Arabic\, perfect for your holiday gift-giving\, will be available for purchase and author signing. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThis event is held in partnership with the\nAmes Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-featuring-joe-geha/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight Featuring Gary Eller
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Author Spotlight featuring Gary Eller\, author of True North. \nEller’s previous collection of short fiction\, THIN ICE AND OTHER RISKS (New Rivers Press) was well-received and described by one reviewer as “reminiscent of Raymond Carver’s best work.” In addition to many short stories\, he has published nonfiction articles on various topics such as commercial fishing in Alaska\, rare museum collections\, and post-divorce life. He has also published interviews and several articles on the craft of writing. His focus in the nonfiction genre\, however\, has been on baseball\, one of his many loves. \nHis writing awards include the River City Award in Fiction\, the Fowler Prize\, and a Minnesota Voices Award\, among others. He is a former Pushcart Prize nominee and recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also taught fiction and nonfiction at Iowa State University and lectured widely on aspects of creative writing. \nCopies of True North will be available for purchase and author signing. \n  \n  \n  \nThis event is held in partnership with the\nAmes Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-featuring-gary-eller/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight Featuring Dr. Douglas Gentile
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Author Spotlight featuring Dr. Douglas Gentile\, author and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University. A Zen Buddhist monk and meditation teacher\, he wrote and narrated the best-selling audiobook Buddhism 101: How to Walk Easily over Rough Ground and Finding the Freedom to Get Unstuck and Be Happier. He has been featured on such radio shows as National Public Radio’s Morning Edition\, To the Point\, the BBC World Service\, and his work has been reported on CNN\, Good Morning America\, The Today Show\, Jo Frost’s Extreme Parental Guidance\, as well as the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times. \nCopies of Buddhism 101: How to Walk Easily over Rough Ground and Finding the Freedom to Get Unstuck and Be Happier will be available for purchase and author signing. \nThis event is held in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-featuring-dr-douglas-gentile/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight Featuring Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Author Spotlight featuring Pamela Riney-Kehrberg\, author and Distinguished Professor of History at Iowa State University. She will read excerpts her latest book\, When a Dream Dies: Agriculture\, Iowa\, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s\, and take questions from the audience. \nPamela Riney-Kehrberg is a Distinguished Professor of History\, and the author or editor of a number of books\, including Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas\, Childhood on the Farm: Work\, Play and Coming of Age in the Midwest\, and The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America\, 1865-Present. She is the author of a historical book for children\, Always Plenty To Do: Growing Up on the Farm in the Long Ago. When a Dream Dies is her latest book. \nCopies of When a Dream Dies will be available for purchase and author signing. \nThis event is held in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-featuring-pamela-riney-kehrberg/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight Featuring Deb Kline
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Author Spotlight featuring Deb Kline\, author and singer songwriter\, who will read excerpts\, lyrics\, and poems from her book Forgetting to Remember: A Healer’s Journey of Surviving and Thriving. She will share her process as a nontraditional writer and take questions from the audience. \nAs an Ames author and entrepreneur\, Deb Kline shares her passion for thriving beyond trauma by inspiring others to discover their inner healer. Her music\, art\, writing\, and holistic practice\, Wellspring Wellness\, LLC\, collectively expand the ability of individuals and communities to hold\, honor\, and validate difficult stories while celebrating kindred survivors. \nCopies of Forgetting to Remember will be available for purchase and author signing. \nThis event is held in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-featuring-deb-kline/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight with Third Stanza Poets & 11 Days of Global Unity
DESCRIPTION:Join founder\, Ana McCracken for an evening “spotlighting” Third Stanza Poets as they revive their longstanding tradition of hosting 11 Days of Global Unity – a reading series formerly held in September at Cafe Diem on Main Street prior to the Covid-19 quarantine. \nThis event will kick off the Fall 2023 Author Spotlight Series.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-with-third-stanza-poets-11-days-of-global-unity/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio Station\, 622 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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