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Live from Prairie Lights | Curtis Sittenfeld in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang

Monday, March 10, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Bestselling author and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Curtis Sittenfeld will read from her newest book and second story collection, Show, Don’t Tell. Publishers’ Weekly describes Show, Don’t Tell as “Witty . . . In one sparkling comedy of manners after another, [Curtis Sittenfeld] documents with a clear and affectionate eye how tiny prejudices and blind spots lead her protagonists astray,” while Kirkus Reviews says, “Sittenfeld’s candor and matter-of-factness make for compellingly intimate and at...
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Signature Saturdays: Writer's Workshop with Molly Biskupic at the Lisbon, IA Public Library

Saturday, March 8, 2025 10:00am
Lisbon Public Library
Are you a writer that is interested in improving your skills or connecting with other local writers? Have you ever wondered what it might be like to participate in a workshop at the world-renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop? Molly Biskupic from the Iowa Writers' Workshop will join us at the Public Library to provide a workshop experience right here in Lisbon!  Attendees are invited to bring or submit a short sample of your work to share with the group so that everyone can get a feel for each other...
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Live from Prairie Lights | Alyssa Perry & Daisy Atterbury

Friday, March 7, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Iowa Writers’ Workshop Poetry alum Alyssa Perry and Rescue Press poet Daisy Atterbury will read from their new books, Oily Doily, and The Kármán Line. Razor-edged, stagger-rhymed, Oily Doily is a diamond saw. Its music is intricate and remorseless as its subject: empire, centuries of bourgeois kitsch, 80s flicks, tech strip - mining our curiosity, sympathy, and desire for solidarity. Miraculously, the poetry work doesn’t fall for despair but offers clarity within clarity, glittering surfaces...
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Mary-Alice Daniel: Reading

Sunday, March 2, 2025 8:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
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