Iowa City's Literary Walk, the stretch of downtown sidewalk plaques that pays homage to the town's rich writing tradition, will be bookended this summer with a number of new pieces in the Northside Marketplace.

Iowa City-based writers whose works will be quoted include Samantha Chang, Stephen Bloom, Sarah Prineas, Roberto Ampuero, Lori Erickson, Carl Klaus and Christopher Merrill, among the dozens of others who at one time lived or worked here.