Prairie Lights sprang to life in May 1978 as a small, intimate bookstore offering titles by the newer voices of Raymond Carver and Alice Munro and by established authors like Eudora Welty and George Orwell. As the staff and customers tended the books with care much like a garden, the store grew and blossomed. By 1982 Prairie Lights transplanted itself from S Linn Steet to S Dubuque Street and has gradually spread to three and a half floors, the half being an 1,100 s.f. coffee house located in the same space that the local literary society met throughout the 1930's.
This business is a Park & Shop/Bus & Shop Participant.
Contact Information:
15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Telephone: (319) 337-2681
Fax: (319) 887-3084
Website: www.prairielightsbooks.com
E-mail: info@prairielights.com
Hours:
Monday-Saturday 9:00 am-10:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am-6:00 pm
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