Join us for a reading by Jeffrey Yang:

Jeffrey Yang is the author of the poetry collections Line and Light; Hey, Marfa; Vanishing-Line; and An Aquarium. He is the translator of Bei Dao’s long poem, Sidetracks and autobiography, City Gate, Open Up; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s June Fourth Elegies; Ahmatjan Osman’s Uyghurland, the Farthest Exile; Su Shi’s East Slope, and an anthology of classical Chinese poems, Rhythm 226. He is the editor of the poetry anthologies Birds, Beasts, and...

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.

Write at the Stanley meets every fourth...