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Virtual Reading: Geoffrey Nutter & Matthew Rohrer
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:00pm
Virtual

Please join us for a reading and conversation with Geoffrey Nutter and Matthew Rohrer to celebrate their new books of poetry, Giant Moth Perishes out on May 4 in hardcover and paperback, and The Sky Contains the Plans, released in paperback April 7.

John Ebersole of Kenyon Review says of Geoffrey Nutter's work, “For years now, Nutter has been quietly writing some of the most beautiful poems in America.”

Geoffrey Nutter has published five books, including The Rose of January and Cities at Dawn ...

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Stanley Reads Book Club - Spring 2021
Saturday, May 1, 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

Stanley Reads puts the museum’s recent exhibitions in conversation with literature. This spring we will read At the End of the Century: Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and consider connections to the Waswo X. Waswo Collection of Indian Printmaking and other works from the Stanley’s collection.

Stanley Reads is led by Kimberly Datchuk, curator of learning & engagement, and is presented in partnership with Prairie Lights Books.

At the End of the Century: Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a...

UI Arts Share Presents: Writers Unmuffled
Thursday, April 29, 2021 6:30pm
Virtual

Please visit https://engagement.uiowa.edu/workshops-and-events to register.

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, April 29 @ 6:30pm. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers (from a variety of genres), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an...

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Moderated Conversation with Cathy Park Hong
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Virtual

Poet, writer, professor, and Iowa Writer’s Workshop alumna Cathy Park Hong will engage in a moderated conversation with members of the University of Iowa focused on her book, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (2020).

This event will follow a series of reading roundtables and will be the keynote address for this year’s UI Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration. A Q&A will follow for the audience to engage with Cathy Park Hong.