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Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

Sunday, January 24, 2027 2:30pm to 4:15pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome.

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Live from Prairie Lights | Rogue Workshops Faculty Reading

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Join Prairie Lights bookstore for a special faculty reading of the inaugural "Authors at Large" Iowa City Rogue Workshops! (You can learn more about this program and the faculty here.)

Xu Xi will read from her new collection of short stories, Horizon Hong Kong.

Kelly Dwyer will read from her recent novel, Ghost Mother.

Robin Hemley will read from his latest essay collection, How to Change History.

Mary Allen and Hugh Ferrer will read from works in progress.

Note: To accommodate these writers and...

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Summer Faculty Reading: Claire Lombardo and Margaret Ross

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 7:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library

Join us for a reading by Workshop summer faculty:

Claire Lombardo is the author of the nationally-bestselling novel Same As It Ever Was. Her debut, The Most Fun We Ever Had, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Reese's Book Club pick. Her novels have been translated or are forthcoming in over a dozen languages.

Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare (Omnidawn, 2015) and of Saturday (The Song Cave, 2024). Her poems and translations have appeared in Granta, Harper’s, The Paris Review,...

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