The Japan Foundation and the University of Iowa Japanese Program will present a three-day event (April 15-17) with Japanese artist and Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna Fuyuko Tomita.

Fuyuko Tomita, a student in the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1967-68, will visit campus to discuss her experiences during what was the first year of the International Writing Program. An accomplished haiku poet who has published her poetry in some of Japan's leading newspapers, Ms. Tomita will teach a haiku workshop and...

Writers’ Workshop graduate Lindsay Stern will read from one of the most anticipated novels of 2019, The Study of Animal Languages, followed by a brief conversation with Charles D’Ambrosio. "Artful and astute, funny and unnerving, The Study of Animal Languages brilliantly captures how easily we can mistake our impressions of the world, and the models we make of them, for the world itself. A knockout."—Paul Harding

Stern is the recipient of a Watson Fellowship and an Amy Award from Poets &...

PLEASE NOTE: We are expecting a full house on Friday. Seating is first come, first serve. There will be a spill over room featuring live feed from the talk. Speakers will begin shortly after 4pm. Please plan accordingly.

Join us in welcoming co-creators of the National Art Exhibit Humanize My Hoodie, Andre Wright and Jason Sole as they give a brief talk about their project and their journey. The HMH exhibit will be expanded from the gallery with extra pieces on display throughout the entire...

Please join us on Friday, April 12th in E105 Adler Journalism Building (AJB) for a live
reinterpretation of the first half of Stanley Kubrick’s final complete film, Eyes Wide Shut. Poet
and artist Tracie Morris will recontextualize Kubrick’s masterpiece as a commentary on race,
sexuality, and gender which combines her own poetic imagination with research conducted at
Kubrick’s London archives. The performance is durational for 90 minutes without interruption.

Tracie Morris is a sound poet...