Author Spotlight with Karen Bermann

LIVE and In Person at FIFTH STREET WRITERS
Books for Sale & Author Signing

A vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices, father and daughter, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations.

Karen Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome, where she now lives.

This event is held in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio

Date

Nov 20 2025

Time

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

Fifth Street Writers Building
612 5th St. Ames, IA 50010

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