For many Americans, the Qur'an is difficult to read, its organization obscure, its messages cryptic or even threatening. Professor Carl W. Ernst will discuss strategies for making sense of the Qur'an's complex text during a series of events Nov. 1-2. Story
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
Kerri Webster and Joseph Campana, winners of the 2001 Iowa Poetry Prize from the University of Iowa Press, will read at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream. Story
The 2012 series of free Sunday Prairie Lights readings, featuring writers from the International Writing Program and the University of Iowa’s graduate writing program, will continue at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30. Story
Iowa City author Michelle Edwards will read from her new book, "Room for the Baby," at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in Prairie Lights Book and through a live stream on the University of Iowa’s Virtual Writing University website. Story
Poets Cole Swensen and Cal Bedient, former faculty members of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream. Story
Atina Diffley of Organic Farm Works will read from the memoir 'Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works' at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in Prairie Lights Books. Story
T. Geronimo Johnson, an alumnus of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from "Hold It ‘Til It Hurts," his debut novel, at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Prairie Lights Books. Story
Libyan fiction writer Hisham Matar, who is based in London, will be an Ida Beam Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa International Writing Program, a residency that includes free public events. Story
