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Nicholas Boggs, a writer and assistant professor of English and creative writing at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook

Nicholas Boggs receives 2026 Truman Capote Award from UI

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Sara Epstein Moninger
Nicholas Boggs, a writer and assistant professor of English and creative writing at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin.

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Book Reading by Wayne Koestenbaum

Friday, October 9, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House
Krause Series Reading at the Nonfiction Writing Program
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The Government Inspector

Friday, October 9, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
When a small Russian town receives word that an undercover government inspector is headed their way to root out corruption, the town’s leaders panic and desperately try to maintain their status quo...by any means necessary. Greed, mistaken identity, ambition, and a healthy dose of stupidity steer Jeffrey Hatcher’s witty adaptation of Gogol’s timeless satirical farce.
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Iowa softball vs. Iowa State

Saturday, October 10, 2026 12:00pm
Pearl Softball Field
The Iowa softball team hosts Iowa State.
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