The David Lynch Foundation and Prairie Lights Bookstore cordially invite you to POETRY RX: How Poetry Can Heal and Bring Joy to Your Life, featuring world-renowned psychiatrist, Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., Prairie Lights Bookstore owner and published poet Jan Weissmiller, along with moderator Bob Roth, CEO of The David Lynch Foundation. To attend this virtual event, register here.

Imagine your therapist writing a prescription for “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson or a...

Larissa Pham will read from and talk about her glorious new memoir, Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy.  She will be joined in conversation by Jenny Zhang.

Already hailed as A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year, and One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of the Year (among other lists!),"Pham reinvents the memoir in a stirring debut that explores the power of language, art, and love . . . This is a masterpiece." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Pop Song is a book...

Please Join Black Lives Matter at School activists and educators for a conversation about the new uprising for educational justice in Iowa, sponsored by Black Lives Matter at School-Iowa, Prairie Lights Bookstore,  and Haymarket Books.

Education activists Lisa Covington, Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones, Lucket Kiche, and Matè Muhammad, in conversation about Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice, and the struggle against systemic racism in schools, how we can win real...

Second-year students from the MFA in Spanish Creative Writing will share a selection of creative work they did during their time in Iowa. This event celebrates the experience of studying the MFA and writing in Iowa City. Students Christian De León, Juan Díaz Ortiz, Leticia Fernández-Fontecha and Yamila Transtenvot will be presented by fellow MFA students or alumni and then will read excerpts from their creative work in Spanish. An English version of these excerpts will be read subsequently.