Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program Assistant Professor Tisa Bryant will read from her new hybrid memoir, Residual. Publisher Nightboat Books gives this synopsis for Residual:

"In the aftermath of her mother’s death, Tisa Bryant’s Residual retrieves and catalogs what remains of her home, her psyche, and her creative practice. She filters through the remnants of her mother’s everyday life, asking what becomes an archive — a bookshelf, a dresser, a relationship, a secret? Drawing on personal memories...

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome.

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Visiting Professor of the Iowa Writers' Workshop Jack Saebyok Jung will read from his new translation of Kim Hyesoon's Lady No, and Cindy Juyoung Ok will read from her new translation of Hyesoon's The Hell of That Star.

Lady No is described by publisher Ecco Press as the following:

"In March 2014, Kim Hyesoon, the grand dame of contemporary Korean poetry, began to post anonymously on the online blog of Munhakdongne, a major South Korean publisher. Rather than use her own name, Kim Hyesoon’s chosen...