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Summer Faculty Reading: Claire Lombardo and Margaret Ross

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 7:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library

Join us for a reading by Workshop summer faculty:

Claire Lombardo is the author of the nationally-bestselling novel Same As It Ever Was. Her debut, The Most Fun We Ever Had, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Reese's Book Club pick. Her novels have been translated or are forthcoming in over a dozen languages.

Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare (Omnidawn, 2015) and of Saturday (The Song Cave, 2024). Her poems and translations have appeared in Granta, Harper’s, The Paris Review,...

Live from Prairie Lights | Rogue Workshops Faculty Reading

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Join Prairie Lights bookstore for a special faculty reading of the inaugural "Authors at Large" Iowa City Rogue Workshops! (You can learn more about this program and the faculty here.)

Xu Xi will read from her new collection of short stories, Horizon Hong Kong.

Kelly Dwyer will read from her recent novel, Ghost Mother.

Robin Hemley will read from his latest essay collection, How to Change History.

Mary Allen and Hugh Ferrer will read from works in progress.

Note: To accommodate these writers and...

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Art & Write Night

Friday, August 7, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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Art & Write Night

Friday, September 4, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

Live from Prairie Lights | Luis Muñoz, Garth Greenwell, & Idra Novey - 'One Moment: Poems'

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Spanish poet Luis Muñoz will read from poetry collection, 'One Moment', joined by his English translators, Garth Greenwell and Idra Novey
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Ayane & Paul at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Thursday, September 24, 2026 1:00pm
Dey House
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Isidore String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room.

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Summer Faculty Reading: Ada Zhang and Tom Drury

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 7:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library

Join us for a reading by Workshop summer faculty:

Ada Zhang's short stories have appeared in A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. The Sorrows of Others, her first story collection, was published by A Public Space Books. She is a 2024 Whiting Award Winner in Fiction and 2023 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree.

Tom Drury is the author of Pacific, The End of Vandalism, Hunts in Dreams, The Driftless Area, and The Black Brook. His novels have been translated...

Live from Prairie Lights | Karen Parkman - 'The Jills'

Monday, June 22, 2026 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Karen Parkman will read from her new novel, The Jills. Listed by both PEOPLE Magazine and CrimeReads as a "best book of February," The Jills is praised by Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists, as "a nuanced, incisive exploration of the world of NFL cheerleading—and the complex power of sisterhood, both familial and chosen," while Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Ferry Out and We Were Never Here, says:...

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