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The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: A panel discussion on creating more inclusive writing programs promotional image
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: A panel discussion on creating more inclusive writing programs
Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:30pm
Virtual

Register for this virtual event here: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rzoOtECrT1Cd0tgDDoFKQw. This workshop is part of the CLAS Theme Year series, "Racial and Social Justice in the Arts."

Creative writing, like all art forms, involves deep personal engagement in both the process and the product. “Write what you know” is a cliché, and yet certain experiences, knowledges, perspectives and feelings have been marginalized, discounted, or outright excluded from writing programs. Writing...

Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice promotional image
Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice
Monday, February 15, 10:00am to Monday, March 15, 2021 12:59am
Virtual

Starting on February 12th and continuing through the month, Iowa Arts is sponsoring a series of events that bring arts and humanities together to explore a range of timely issues. The initiative, called “Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice,” includes work framed by discussions to place them in a social context from the The Departments of Cinematic Arts, Dance, English, Theatre Arts, the School of Music, the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, and the UI Libraries...

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom: Anna North in conversation with Tony Tulathimutte
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:00pm
Virtual

Please join us to celebrate the release of Anna North's latest novel, Outlawed, with a reading and conversation with Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens.

To join this virtual event, register here.

Publishers Weekly, starred review says of Outlawed: “North’s knockout latest chronicles the travails of a midwife’s daughter who joins a group of female and nonbinary outlaws near the end of the 19th century…The characters’ struggles for gender nonconformity and LGBTQ rights are tenderly...

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Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice
Monday, February 8, 10:00am to Sunday, March 7, 2021 11:59pm
Virtual

Starting on February 12th and continuing through the month, Iowa Arts is sponsoring a series of events that bring arts and humanities together to explore a range of timely issues. The initiative, called “Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice,” includes work framed by discussions to place them in a social context from the The Departments of Cinematic Arts, Dance, English, Theatre Arts, the School of Music, the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, and the UI Libraries...