Please join us for a reading with Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Gregory Brown to celebrate the release of his debut novel, The Lowering Days and a conversation with Mark Mayer, author of Aerialists. To join this virtual event, register here. Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Chances Are... says of the novel, ​“In The Lowering Days, Gregory Brown gives us a lush, almost mythic portrait of a very specific place and time that feels all the more universal for its...

Stanley Reads puts the museum’s recent exhibitions in conversation with literature. This spring we will read At the End of the Century: Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and consider connections to the Waswo X. Waswo Collection of Indian Printmaking and other works from the Stanley’s collection. Stanley Reads is led by Kimberly Datchuk, curator of learning & engagement, and is presented in partnership with Prairie Lights Books. At the End of the Century: Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a...

Please join us on Monday, March 1, 2021 from 1-2pm CT for an information session on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program geared toward master’s and doctoral students (applicants must be U.S. citizens). The workshop topics will include: the basics of writing a Fulbright proposal how to find an affiliation abroad for your research or creative work how to plan the optimal time to apply while working with your advisor UI Fulbright Faculty Mentors Professor Kathleen Newman (Spanish and...

Please join us for a reading and conversation with poets Caryl Pagel and Lauren Shapiro, to celebrate the release of their new books, Out of Nowhere Into Nothing and Arena. To join this virtual event, register here. Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest says of Caryl Pagel's new book: "I appreciate Out Of Nowehere Into Nothing for how gently and generously it cares for the flawed and faulty machine of memory. Pagel is a thoughtful and skilled...