Events Archive

Spring 2021 Events

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Edward Carey in conversation with Amy Margolis 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice 

Monday, February 1 10:00am to Sunday, February 28, 2021 11:59pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Kathleen Williams Renk in conversation with Mary Helen Stefaniak 

Friday, February 5, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021 

Saturday, February 6, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice 

Monday, February 8, 10:00am to Sunday, March 7, 2021 11:59pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Anna North in conversation with Tony Tulathimutte 

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice 

Monday, February 15, 10:00am to Monday, March 15, 2021 12:59am 
  Virtual

The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: A panel discussion on creating more inclusive writing programs 

Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:30pm 
  Virtual

Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021 

Saturday, February 20, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice 

Monday, February 22, 10:00am to Monday, March 22, 2021 12:59am 
  Virtual

A Public Space [New York] online reading: Lan Samantha Chang & Yiyun Li | James Alan McPherson 

Monday, February 22, 2021 6:30pm 
  Virtual

WorldCanvass: The Ghanaian-American Experience in Literature and Art 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:00pm to 8:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Caryl Pagel and Lauren Shapiro 

Friday, February 26, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Fulbright Workshop for Graduate Students in the Humanities 

Monday, March 1, 2021 1:00pm to 2:00pm 
  Virtual

Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021 

Saturday, March 6, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Gregory Brown in conversation with Mark Mayer 

Monday, March 8, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Kevin Brockmeier in conversation with Anjali Sachdeva 

Monday, March 15, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Adrienne Raphel in conversation with Micah Bateman 

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021 

Saturday, March 20, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Provost's Visiting Writer Reading Series: Matthew B. Kelley and Micky Hill 

Monday, March 22, 2021 5:00pm to 6:15pm 
  Virtual

Pan Asian Council Reading Roundtable focused on bestselling author, Cathy Park Hong’s book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning(2020). 

Thursday, March 25, 2021 12:00pm to 1:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Kirsten Ihns & Benjamin Krusling 

Thursday, April 1, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

UI Libraries Reading Roundtable focused on bestselling author, Cathy Park Hong’s book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning(2020) 

Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:30pm to 1:30pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Book Club: The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories 

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 6:00pm to 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer: Kelly Link 

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Iowa Literary Legends: Fatima Farheen Mirza 

Thursday, April 15, 2021 12:00pm to 1:00pm 
  Virtual

Fiction Forum! with Kelly Link 

Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:30pm 
  Virtual

Iowa Writers' Workshop Reading with Ada Limón 

Friday, April 16, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021 

Saturday, April 17, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Moderated Conversation with Cathy Park Hong 

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:30pm to 6:30pm 
  Virtual

UI Arts Share Presents: Writers Unmuffled 

Thursday, April 29, 2021 6:30pm 
  Virtual

Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021 

Saturday, May 1, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Reading: Geoffrey Nutter & Matthew Rohrer 

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Black Lives on Screen: "Black Spring" (in 5 parts) 

Thursday, May 6, 2021 7:00pm to 10:00pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Reading: Alexander Chee -- Writers @ Grinnell Distinguished Author Event 

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Reading: Spanish Creative Writing Graduation Reading 

Monday, May 17, 2021 3:00pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Reading: Black Lives Matter at School: Iowa Edition 

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Reading: Larissa Pham in conversation with Jenny Zhang 

Friday, May 21, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Virtual Reading: Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal Poetry Rx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy To Your Life 

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Afrofuturism as Expression 

Thursday, June 3, 2021 7:00pm to 8:30pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Melissa Ginsburg in conversation with Alexander Chee 

Friday, June 11, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Chris Offutt in conversation with Elizabeth McCracken 

Monday, June 28, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Willa Richards in conversation with Fatima Farheen Mirza 

Thursday, July 15, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Soul & Blues Festival Black Author's Panel 

Saturday, July 31, 2021 11:00am 
  Virtual

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Nickolas Butler and Benjamin Percy 

Monday, August 2, 2021 7:00pm 
  Virtual