Prairie Lights Books
Iowa City, Johnson County
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- Offering
- New Books[2]
- Offering
- Consignment Books[2]
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- Textbooks[2]
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- Cafe[2]
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- Author Events[2]
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- Literary Readings[2]
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- Merchandise[2]
- Service
- New & Consignment Books[2]
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- Textbook Store[2]
- Service
- Cafe[2]
- Service
- Author Events & Literary Readings[2]
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- Merchandise & Gifts[2]
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About
Prairie Lights Books sprang to life in May 1978 as a small, intimate bookstore offering titles by newer voices like Raymond Carver and Alice Munro and by established authors like Eudora Welty and George Orwell. By 1982, Prairie Lights transplanted itself from South Linn St. to South Dubuque and has gradually spread to three and a half floors. The space includes a cafe in a historic location where the local literary society met throughout the 1930s, hosting writers Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, Sherwood Anderson, Langston Hughes, E.E. Cummings and others. Today the store holds approximately 80,000 to 100,000 books. Prairie Lights hosts a renowned literary reading series featuring local, national, and international authors, broadcast on WSUI and WOI radio stations. It remains a book lovers' paradise in the heart of downtown Iowa City.[2]
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