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Pulitzer winner Harding to read from 'Enon' Sept. 26
Monday, September 16, 2013
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Writers’ Workshop graduate and instructor Paul Harding will read from his new novel, "Enon," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences welcomes alumni fellows
Monday, September 16, 2013
Two Emmy Award-winning writers. A space explorer with an asteroid named for him. A federal judge. An international choreographer. A battleship commander and presidential aide. What do they have in common? They're all UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni, and they're on campus this week.
Sept. 19 reading, lecture focus on being Muslim in America
Thursday, September 12, 2013
In observation of the Sept. 11, 2001 anniversary, the University of Iowa Intellectual Dialogue Society, a student organization, will host a reading and a talk centering on the experience of being Arab and Muslim in the United States.
Workshop grad Maksik to read from new novel
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Writers’ Workshop graduate Alexander Maksik will read from his new novel, "A Marker to Measure Drift," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
Several free events slated around Phillip Lopate visit
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Phillip Lopate, the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program’s first visiting writer of the academic year, will read from his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in Room 101 of Biology Building East on the UI campus. The reading is one of several events scheduled around Lopate’s visit; all are free and open to the public.
Writers' Workshop alumna Herman to read Sept. 19
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Michelle Herman will read from her book "Stories We Tell Ourselves" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
Bauer to read from new poetry collection Sept. 18
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Curtis Bauer will read from his new book of poetry, "The Real Cause for Your Absence," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.
Steampunk visionary Bruce Sterling to discuss work Sept. 17
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author whose work helped to define the steampunk genre, will read from and talk about his work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City.
Emmy winner Falsey to talk screenwriting at Dey House
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus John Falsey will offer a free presentation, “Basics of Screenwriting for Fiction Writers and Poets,” at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.
A Wellingtonian in Iowa
Monday, September 9, 2013
International Writing Program participant Craig Cliff shares his first impressions of Iowa with his readers back home in New Zealand.
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