Coe College Library - Stewart Memorial Library

It’s Grant Wood’s birthday! He was born in 1891, near Anamosa, so he was 20 or so years old when he did this watercolor of a stork (1910) which is on display in the Stewart Memorial Library’s Perrine Gallery at Coe College. Gift of Jeanette Ringland.

There’s more to see in celebration of National Poetry Month at Coe College’s Stewart Memorial Library. View our new and noteworthy featured titles, and check them out!

Need to give your brain a little break? Pick up a ready-to-go CRAFT KIT this week from the MakerStudio in the lower level of the Stewart Memorial Library. Best of luck with all your projects!

To celebrate National Poetry Month, come in to see our display of new and noteworthy poetry at Coe College’s Stewart Memorial Library. You can check out these featured titles.

For National Poetry Month at Coe College's Stewart Memorial Library, we have displayed books that introduce you to new poems and also challenge what we think of as a poem. Let's explore.

Celebrating National Poetry Month at Coe College's Stewart Memorial Library! Come in to view our display, and check something out!

Creative writing students shared their work in Stewart Memorial Library's Perrine Gallery at today’s 2025 Student Research & Discovery Symposium: Alexia Morganti, Sophia Kepros Caballero, and Rachel Weishman gave readings of their poetry and fiction.

For Coe’s 2025 Student Research & Discovery Symposium, students shared a great variety of experiences and perspectives today in the Stewart Memorial Library. See some of the presenters who took over the main level of the Library -

As we transition neatly from Women’s History Month to National Poetry Month in April, consider attending the spring literary event from Coe College’s English, Creative Writing, and Communication Studies departments, featuring four important voices in the contemporary Iowa poetry scene: Hannah Bonner, Daniel Khalastchi, Anna Morrison, and Coe’s own creative writing professor Margaret LeMay. Monday, March 31 in the CHS Lobby!

Women’s History Month continues at the Stewart Memorial Library at Coe College. We love Roxane Gay!

Why yes, we ARE still celebrating Women's History Month at Coe College's Stewart Memorial Library!