Historic Phillips House Bed and Breakfast

Historic Phillips House Bed and Breakfast The Historic Philips House is a bed and breakfast near the University of Iowa and downtown Iowa City. Come see one of the finest intellectual cities in IA.

The Historic Phillips House is located in the historic Iowa city neighborhood of Goosetown, named after Bohemian who immigrants settled there and raised geese in their yards in the 1850’s. Originally built in 1923 for University of Iowa Dean Chester A. Phillips and his wife, Mary, the house is one of the many colonial-style properties in the area. Today, our location on N. Linn street is just a fe

w blocks away from some of the best restaurants in Iowa City, such as the Hamburg Inn, a diner frequented by campaign-bound politicians and celebrities alike, and the Motley Cow, a farm to table café. From the window, you can see the newly-built Hancher Auditorium, a 192,000-square-foot performance venue with shows almost every night. Though public transportation via bus can be easily accessed, truly the best way to see Iowa City is by walking around. The Historic Phillips House is a short stroll away from downtown Iowa City and the University of Iowa main campus, yet far enough that the neighborhood is quiet and family-filled. The light-filled spaces of the solarium dining room, the parlor and the library offer the ideal setting for visiting academics, families and independent travelers from all over the world. Many of our communal areas are lively with conversations and story-swapping. Guests are often entertained by our in-house special events, extravagant organic weekend breakfasts and occasional group dinner.

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Welcome to our “Meet the Instructors” series starting off with Ian Stansel! Follow along with our story or read his responses below to some questions about his writing goals, background, and favorites. To learn more about Ian, check out his website: www.ian-stansel.com/

To register for workshops, explore our Festival website: iowasummerwritingfestival.uiowa.edu/festival-campus -and-Register

Q. What story, poem, essay, etc., blew open your understanding of what a story, poem, essay, etc. could do/be?
A. I tend to come back to “White Angel” by Michael Cunningham again and again. But I could also say “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien or “His Mother’s House” by Edward P. Jones or pretty much anything from Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Q. Describe your ideal place to write.
A. Realistically, it’s this discount knock-off chaise lounge in the corner of our dining room. It’s next to a nice, big, not-too-bright window, and there’s a side table there for my coffee. Unrealistically, it would be in a villa in the French countryside. Regardless, I can’t sit at a desk.

Q. What’s your favorite opening line in a story, poem, or essay?
A. Oof, tough question, but let’s go with “The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.” The Secret History by Donna Tartt. That’ll get a novel rolling.

Q. What artistic gift do you lack but pine for? Put another way, if you could wake up one morning the master of another art, what would that be?
A. Carpentry.

Q. What’s your favorite pen?
A. Uniball roller pen. Smooth, not leaky, and cheap.

Q. What do you hope your students will take away from your teaching?
A. An openness to the unexpected in the writing process. The things we discover along the way are almost always what makes a good story great.

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