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LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A
Friday, March 29, 2024 12:00pm
Dey House

The Writers' Workshop presents a Q&A session with Latasha N. Nevada Diggs.

A writer and sound artist, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of TwERK (Belladonna, 2013). Her interdisciplinary work has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Walker Art Center. A Cave Canem fellow, Diggs is the recipient of numerous awards, including ones from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council...

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LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: Reading
Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:00pm
Dey House

The Writers' Workshop presents a reading with Latasha N. Nevada Diggs.

A writer and sound artist, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of TwERK (Belladonna, 2013). Her interdisciplinary work has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Walker Art Center. A Cave Canem fellow, Diggs is the recipient of numerous awards, including ones from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. As...

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Prompt for the Planet Workshop
Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Join Melinda Myers, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Dance and Choreography, for a fun Prompt for the Planet workshop that lets you connect with nature through art!  Whether you're an experienced artist or just starting to dip your toes into the world of creativity, this workshop is open to all skill levels.

Space is limited!  Please register at https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5tmleArm2C7Lnds

What to Expect:

Guided Exploration - Professor Myers will help you explore the voice of...
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Live from Prairie Lights | Jane Huffman
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Writers' Workshop graduate Jane Huffman will read from her new book of poetry, Public Abstract, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize selected by Dana Levin. "In Jane Huffman’s poems, I feel the impassioned psychic venturing of Emily Dickinson, the wit of Kay Ryan, the fragmented surreal of Jean Valentine, and the playfulness and bravado of Gertrude Stein. Public Abstract is a striking debut." —Dana Levin

Jane Huffman is a doctoral student in poetry at the University of Denver. She is...