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Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Edward Carey in conversation with Amy Margolis
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:00pm
Virtual

Please join us to celebrate the release of Edward Carey's new novel, The Swallowed Man with a reading and conversation with Amy Margolis.

To join this virtual event, register here.

Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, says of The Swallowed Man: “Art objects live in the belly of this marvelous novel, images swallowed by text, sustained by a sublime and loving imagination. Like all Edward Carey’s work The Swallowed Man is profound and delightful. It is a strange and...

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Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Danielle Evans and Laura van den Berg | Writers @ Grinnell
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:00pm
Virtual

Acclaimed short story masters Danielle V. Evans and Laura van den Berg share work from their new collections, followed by a conversation on the craft of short fiction with Dean Bakopoulos. 

To join this virtual event, register here.

At just 26 years old, Danielle Evans burst onto the literary scene in 2010 with her breakout story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self. Winner of the PEN American Award for first fiction and the Hurston Wright Award, Evans  was named a “5 Under 35”...

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Stanley Reads - 6
Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing (2016)

Sonny (pp. 242–262) Marjorie (pp. 263–282) Marcus (pp. 283–299)

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

Register for Stanley Reads at https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3VR83aPIweoUmHz. Once registered, you will receive invitations to all Stanley Reads events.

Registration will cut off at noon the Friday preceding each event.

Stanley Reads puts the museum’s...

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UI Arts Share Presents: "Writers Unmuffled"
Thursday, November 19, 2020 6:00pm
Virtual

Please register in advance for a link to "Writers Unmuffled"
 

Thursday, November 19, 2020 6-7pm, virtual Webinar via Zoom

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, November 19, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, six University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five-to-eight...