English Department VIEWS presents: poet francine j. harris reading, Q&A, and book signing. Books will be available for purchase. francine j. harris’ third collection, "Here is the Sweet Hand," won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tuft s Award. Originally from Detroit, she has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She is Professor of English at the University of Houston and serves as Consulting Faculty Editor at Gulf Coast.

Join us at the Stanley Museum of Art for our Sundays with the Docents tour where Stanley docents create unique tours to share with our audiences throughout the year. In the Art by Indigenous Americans tour, Docent David Duer will look at some of the ways Native artists examine and express their cultural heritage. The Muscogee poet and musician (and former U.S. poet laureate) Joy Harjo, in her poem “Conflict Resolutions for Holy Beings,” offers words that serve as our tour theme: “Recognize...

Hour-long free concert by the Schumann Quartet, hosted by the Iowa Writers Workshop.

Writers’ Workshop graduates Steven Duong and Tramaine Suubi will read from their new poetry collections: At the End of the World There Is a Pond, and Phases. Steven Duong will read from At the End of the World There Is a Pond. “In poems striking, humorous, and assured, Steven Duong turns and turns the world over again until we are seen anew. . . . The velocity and music of this book will steady you far into your days.” —Major Jackson "Duong’s poetry is surprising and alive, expansive in its...

Join us for a tour of the exhibition it's a fine thing through the lens of Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. This tour is presented in conjunction with the NEA Big Read. This tour is part of the Sundays with the Docents program where Stanley docents create unique tours to share with our audiences throughout the year. Registration is strongly recommended. Walk-ins are welcome, but tours are capped at 20 participants. Reserve your spot at https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/sundays-with-the-docents...