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Readings, Lectures & Workshops |
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Readings |
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Thomas Dean has done readings of his work at such venues as Prairie Lights Bookstore (Iowa City, IA), The Loft Literary Center (Minneapolis, MN), Arts for Living Center (Burlington, IA), Hearst Center for the Arts (Cedar Falls, IA), Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA), The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum and Library (West Branch, IA), Old Brick Community Center (Iowa City, IA), The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The University of Nebraska-Omaha, and the Iowa City Public Library. |
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Upcoming Readings and Signings |
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January 23, 2009 - Interview on Writers’ Voices, 1:00 p.m. KRUU, 100.1 FM, Fairfield, Iowa January 29, 2009 - Under a Midland Sky and The Grace of Grass and Water - Grinnell Coffee Company and Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa February 21, 2009 - Under a Midland Sky - Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum & Library, West Branch, Iowa February 22, 2009 - The Grace of Grass and Water - Unitarian Church of Davenport, Iowa |
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Lectures |
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Thomas Dean is available for both academic and general public lectures. His topics focus on place, nature writing, Midwestern literature, writing, and teaching. Past invited lectures include: Subject, Object, Ethic, Affect: Dimensions of Understanding Place - University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Department of English, Center for Great Plains Studies, Plains Humanities Alliance Giving Voice to a Quiet Place: Paul Gruchow, Prairie Prophet - Grinnell College, Center for Prairie Studies, Grinnell, IA The Power of Place: New Dimensions of Local History - Annual Irving B. Weber Days History Lecture, Iowa City Public Library Place: Holism, Interconnection, Interdependence - Unitarian Church of Davenport, Iowa Dwelling in Place - Second Annual Harvest Lecture, Old Brick Community Center, Iowa City |
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Workshops |
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Thomas Dean has presented and organized workshops for academic, professional, and general public audiences focusing on place, nature writing, Midwestern literature, writing, and teaching. Past workshops include: Speechwriting: A Storytelling Partnership - Webster University, St. Louis, MO Writing Targeted Messages - Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City Creating Place Studies - American Society for Environmental History/National Council on Public History joint conference, Victoria, BC, Canada Writing Bioregionally - Conference on College Composition and Communication, Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, Chicago, IL The Pedagogy of Place - National Council of Teachers of English Conference, Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, Detroit, MI The Pedagogy of Place - Faculty Development Workshop, Minnesota State University Moorhead Good Placemaking in Iowa City - The University of Iowa, Iowa City Public Library A Discussion of Place, Where We Live, Why It’s Important - Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City Library Book Discussion Leader - A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold, Burlington (Iowa) Public Library; Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives, by Ray Young Bear, LeClaire (Iowa) Public Library; sponsored by Humanities Iowa Workshop for New Presidential Assistants - Panelist - National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education (NAPAHE), American Council on Education (ACE), San Francisco, CA |
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