Spring-Summer 2023 Events

Now Open: 100-Word Microstory Contest  
Monday, July 10 9:00am to Friday, July 21, 2023 4:00pm  
—   Virtual

Live from Prairie Lights | Louisa Hall in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang  
Thursday, June 22, 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 | Sabrina Orah Mark  
Thursday, May 4, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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

Marilynne Robinson Q&A  
Friday, April 28, 2023 10:30am  
∇  Dey House

Iowa Writers' Workshop Lecture Series | Duriel E. Harris  
Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:30pm  
∇  Dey House

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

Live from Prairie Lights | Timothy Donnelly & Christine Kwon  
Thursday, April 20, 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 | Jane Roper  
Friday, April 14, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Sheila Heti Q&A  
Friday, April 14, 2023 11:00am  
∇  Dey House

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

Truth is Rarely Pure: Translating Dante  
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 5:30pm to 6:30pm  
∇  Old Capitol Museum

Sara Deniz Akant & Adrienne Raphel  
Monday, April 10, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Mission Creek Festival 2023 | Literary Events  
Saturday, April 8, 2023 (all day) 

Mission Creek Festival Presents | Lit Walk 2023 with Shelley Wong, Lauren Haldeman, Courtney Marie Andrews  
Friday, April 7, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Duriel Harris and Ladee Hubbard, Spring Faculty Reading  
Thursday, April 6, 2023 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Jessica Laser  
Monday, April 3, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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

Q & A with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Ayad Akhtar  
Friday, March 24, 2023 11:00am  
∇  Dey House

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Ayad Akhtar  
Thursday, March 23, 2023 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Christian Schlegel  
Tuesday, March 21, 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 | Eleanor Catton  
Thursday, March 9, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Nic Brown  
Monday, March 6, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Artist's Talk and Q&A with Layli Long Soldier  
Saturday, March 4, 2023 11:00am  
∇  Dey House

Layli Long Soldier Reading  
Friday, March 3, 2023 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Lance Olsen  
Thursday, March 2, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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

Live from Prairie Lights | James Alan McPherson’s 'On Becoming an American Writer' Group Reading  
Friday, February 24, 2023 6:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Q & A with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Jericho Brown  
Friday, February 24, 2023 11:00am  
∇  Dey House

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Jericho Brown  
Thursday, February 23, 2023 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Caryl Pagel and Erika Meitner  
Friday, February 17, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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

Q & A with Nikky Finney  
Friday, February 10, 2023 1:30pm  
∇  Dey House

DK Nnuro book reading: "What Napoleon Could Not Do"  
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Stephen Markley in conversation with Kevin Brockmeier  
Friday, January 27, 2023 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Craft Talk with Kevin Brockmeier  
Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House