The Board of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature non-profit organization has named Jeanette Pilak of Santa Cruz, California, as the first Executive Director of the organization. Pilak has more than 15 years of non-profit management experience, including national and international programs. She was most recently director of Arts & Lectures at the University [...]

Iowa City’s writers and artists are once again being called upon to celebrate our City’s rich literary culture and history by submitting works for this year’s Poetry in Public, now in its eighth year. Last year, Iowa City was named a UNESCO “City of Literature” — one of only three in the world — and [...]

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Green way to avoid identity theft
Josh O’Leary
Iowa City Press-Citizen
November 16, 2009
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Excerpt: Workers with ECO Iowa City, a city-led environmental sustainability program, marked America Recycles Day on Sunday by collecting and disposing of personal documents and other sensitive materials at the Robert [...]

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City of Literature moves forward with organization
Editorial
July 18, 2009
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Excerpt: “We’re looking forward to doing something on a bigger scale,” said Iowa City Public Library Director Susan Craig, who will serve as the organization’s vice president for the first year. “The ideas [...]

Christopher Merrill, president of the UNESCO City of Literature Board of Directors in Iowa City, will introduce the community to the organization created to carry out the City of Literature mission when he speaks Saturday, July 18 at the first Iowa City Book Festival. He will speak at 2:30 p.m. at the festival in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.