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One week, two Poets Laureate

The Oct. 8-11 readings at Prairie Lights Books and on Virtual Writing University live streams will feature two Iowa Poets Laureate, Marvin Bell and Mary Swander, and an all University of Iowa line-up. Story

New UI Press book details wounds and healing

"Detailing Trauma: A Poetic Anatomy," by Arianne Zwartjes, will become available Sept. 15 from the Sightline Books series of the University of Iowa Press. Story

Iowa City native Dungy reads July 11

Poetry will take the lead in free readings at 7 p.m. July 10-12, and live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story

Ciuraru reads June 20

Carmela Ciuraru will read from her new book, "Nom de Plume," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, in Prairie Lights Books and on the University of Iowa's website for the Virtual Writing University. Story

Murder! Love! Espionage!

Jeffrey Copeland will read from Shell Games: The Life and Times of Pearl McGill, Industrial Spy and Pioneer Labor Activist, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16, in Prairie Lights Books. Story

Busch reads from new memoir

Veteran, actor, and writer Benjamin Bush will read from his new memoir at 7 p.m. Monday, April 2, in a free Prairie Lights reading streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website www.writinguniversity.org. Story

Nicholson Baker reads April 5

Author Nicholson Baker will be an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Story

Society girls head West

Dorothy Wickenden

Dorothy Wickenden will read from her book about the adventures of her grandmother teaching homesteaders on the western slope of the Rockies at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in Prairie Lights Books and on a live stream at the University of Iowa website www.writinguniversity.org. Story

'Man Killed by Pheasant' available from UI Press

Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships by John T. Price is now available in paperback from the Bur Oak Books series of the University of Iowa Press. Story

What is the lifespan of a fact?

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2012.03.08

Nonfiction Writing Program faculty member John D'Agata's new book addresses the question: What are the limits of literary license? Story from: NPR

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