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...

Register for this virtual event here: https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rzoOtECrT1Cd0tgDDoFKQw. This workshop is part of the CLAS Theme Year series, "Racial and Social Justice in the Arts." Creative writing, like all art forms, involves deep personal engagement in both the process and the product. “Write what you know” is a cliché, and yet certain experiences, knowledges, perspectives and feelings have been marginalized, discounted, or outright excluded from writing programs. Writing...

Starting on February 12th and continuing through the month, Iowa Arts is sponsoring a series of events that bring arts and humanities together to explore a range of timely issues. The initiative, called “Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice,” includes work framed by discussions to place them in a social context from the The Departments of Cinematic Arts, Dance, English, Theatre Arts, the School of Music, the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, and the UI Libraries...

Please join us to celebrate the release of Anna North's latest novel, Outlawed, with a reading and conversation with Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens. To join this virtual event, register here. Publishers Weekly, starred review says of Outlawed: “North’s knockout latest chronicles the travails of a midwife’s daughter who joins a group of female and nonbinary outlaws near the end of the 19th century…The characters’ struggles for gender nonconformity and LGBTQ rights are tenderly...