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.  

Please join us with Writers @ Grinnell for their 2021 Distinguished Author Lecture: Telling the Stories Only You Can Tell. The event will also include the presentation of Grinnell's 2020-2021 English Department Writing Awards. Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR. His essays...

Showcasing the work of a diverse range of acclaimed African American and Black filmmakers, artists, and scholars, the Black Lives on Screen online screening series and discussions will promote and celebrate the rich history, present, and future of Black cinematic expression in the context of an inclusive, educational, and inspiring experience for the entire UI community. Event Information:  Black Spring (in 5 parts) “poetic conversation in film” pre-recorded performance by Professor Tracie...

Please join us for a reading and conversation with Geoffrey Nutter and Matthew Rohrer to celebrate their new books of poetry, Giant Moth Perishes out on May 4 in hardcover and paperback, and The Sky Contains the Plans, released in paperback April 7. John Ebersole of Kenyon Review says of Geoffrey Nutter's work, “For years now, Nutter has been quietly writing some of the most beautiful poems in America.” Geoffrey Nutter has published five books, including The Rose of January and Cities at Dawn ...