Spring 2023 Events

Craft Talk with Kevin Brockmeier 

Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Live from Prairie Lights | Stephen Markley in conversation with Kevin Brockmeier 

Friday, January 27, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

DK Nnuro book reading: "What Napoleon Could Not Do" 

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Q & A with Nikky Finney 

Friday, February 10, 2023 1:30pm 
∇  Dey House 

The Harlem Quartet 

Thursday, February 16, 2023 4:30pm 
∇  Dey House  Canceled

Live from Prairie Lights | Caryl Pagel and Erika Meitner 

Friday, February 17, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Jericho Brown 

Thursday, February 23, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Q & A with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Jericho Brown 

Friday, February 24, 2023 11:00am 
∇  Dey House 

Live from Prairie Lights | James Alan McPherson’s 'On Becoming an American Writer' Group Reading 

Friday, February 24, 2023 6:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Stanley Reads Spring 2023 

Saturday, February 25, 2023 2:00pm 
∇  Stanley Museum of Art Canceled

Live from Prairie Lights | Lance Olsen 

Thursday, March 2, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Layli Long Soldier Reading 

Friday, March 3, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Artist's Talk and Q&A with Layli Long Soldier 

Saturday, March 4, 2023 11:00am 
∇  Dey House 

Live from Prairie Lights | Nic Brown 

Monday, March 6, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Live from Prairie Lights | Eleanor Catton 

Thursday, March 9, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Live from Prairie Lights | Rafael Frumkin 

Monday, March 20, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Live from Prairie Lights | Christian Schlegel 

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Ayad Akhtar 

Thursday, March 23, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Q & A with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Ayad Akhtar 

Friday, March 24, 2023 11:00am 
∇  Dey House 

Stanley Reads Spring 2023 

Saturday, March 25, 2023 2:00pm 
∇  Stanley Museum of Art Canceled

Live from Prairie Lights | Jessica Laser 

Monday, April 3, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Duriel Harris and Ladee Hubbard, Spring Faculty Reading 

Thursday, April 6, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Mission Creek Festival Presents | Lit Walk 2023 with Shelley Wong, Lauren Haldeman, Courtney Marie Andrews 

Friday, April 7, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Mission Creek Festival 2023 | Literary Events 

Saturday, April 8, 2023 (all day) 
∇    

Sara Deniz Akant & Adrienne Raphel 

Monday, April 10, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Truth is Rarely Pure: Translating Dante 

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 5:30pm to 6:30pm 
∇  Old Capitol Museum 

Sheila Heti Reading 

Thursday, April 13, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Sheila Heti Q&A 

Friday, April 14, 2023 11:00am 
∇  Dey House 

Live from Prairie Lights | Jane Roper 

Friday, April 14, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Prairie Lights Online | Dina Nayeri & Jeff Sharlet Virtual Event with John Kenyon 

Monday, April 17, 2023 7:00pm 
—  Virtual 

Live from Prairie Lights | Timothy Donnelly & Christine Kwon 

Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Raven Leilani Reading 

Friday, April 21, 2023 8:00pm 
∇  Dey House 

Iowa Writers' Workshop Lecture Series | Duriel E. Harris 

Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:30pm 
∇  Dey House 

Marilynne Robinson Q&A 

Friday, April 28, 2023 10:30am 
∇  Dey House 

Stanley Reads Spring 2023 

Saturday, April 29, 2023 2:00pm 
∇  Stanley Museum of Art Canceled

Live from Prairie Lights | Sabrina Orah Mark 

Thursday, May 4, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Live from Prairie Lights | Jeff Boyd 

Friday, May 5, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Live from Prairie Lights | Louisa Hall in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang 

Thursday, June 22, 2023 7:00pm 
∇  Prairie Lights Books 

Now Open: 100-Word Microstory Contest 

Monday, July 10 9:00am to Friday, July 21, 2023 4:00pm 
—  Virtual