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A penchant for journeys and a fascination with strangers

IMAGES OF AMERICA

This program emerged from our partnership with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. We flipped our concept of “Letter to a Stranger” by asking international visitors to “write a letter” to a stranger they’ve encountered in the United States.

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To the Woman in Iowa City Who Sold Me a Coat
Iowa City
Milagros Socorro
To the Woman in Iowa City Who Sold Me a Coat
Iowa City
Milagros Socorro

“Winter is a science. If you don’t learn it as a child, it’s an occult science. Those who are accustomed to buying coats don’t know how complicated it can be.”

Iowa City
Milagros Socorro

IN THE STUDIO

"At the edges of language, caught between here and elsewhere, there is hope that if we look out of the corners of our eyes, we can sometimes catch the metaphors lying round about, hidden in the most ordinary words, in wait for the possibility of surprise."

—Richard Deming