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Upcoming Events at Prairie Lights
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Iowa City Book Festival: Patricia Lockwood - Will There Ever Be Another You?
Amid a global pandemic, one young woman is trying to keep the pieces together – of her family, stunned by a devastating loss, and of her mind, left mangled and misfiring from a mystifying disease. She’s afraid of her own floorboards, and “WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON’T HURT ME” plays over and over in her ears. She hates her friends, or more accurately, she doesn’t know who they are. Has the illness stolen her old mind and given her a new one? Does it mean she’ll get to start over from scratch, a chance afforded to very few people? The very weave of herself seems to have loosened: time and memories pass straight through her body. “I’m sorry not to respond to your email,” she writes, “but I live completely in the present now.” Will There Ever Be Another You is the brain-shredding, phosphorescent story of one woman’s dissolution and her attempt to create a new way of thinking, as well as a profound investigation into what keeps us alive in times of unprecedented disorientation and loss, from one of our most original writers. 2025-09-28 17:00:00 -0500
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Annual Book Gala
Join us for the 32nd Annual Book Gala at Prairie Lights Books. Enjoy light refreshments while shopping this after-hours benefit for the Iowa City Public Library. Online sales at https://www.prairielights.com/ until midnight will also be included, just be sure to type "ICPL Library Sale," in the comment box. Bring your wish list, too! This is also a great opportunity to ask the incredible staff at Prairie Lights for suggestions for books, children's toys, and other special gifts. A percentage of the night's total sales will be donated to the ICPL Friends Foundation. 2025-08-07 20:00:00 -0500
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