Iowa Avenue Literary Walk
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Iowa Avenue Literary Walk
The walk celebrates works by 49 writers with ties to Iowa City and The University of Iowa. A series of bronze relief panels stamped into the sidewalk of Iowa Avenue feature quotations about books and writing by the authors, as well as illustrations by artist Gregg LeFevre. There are passages from children's books, quotes from memoirs, and dialogue from plays and short stories, all of which sprang from the minds of authors with Iowa connections. Josephine Herbst, William Shirer, and Amy Clampitt were born in the state while others, such as Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, and Rita Dove were involved with the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, the internationally acclaimed creative writing program. Other poets and authors featured include Marvin Bell, Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, Black Hawk, Ethan Canin, Raymond Carver, Frank Conroy, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Donald Justice, Chris Offutt, Marilynne Robinson, Jane Smiley, and Wallace Stegner, among others. Guide text by Deanna Sue Thomann.
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