Tonight! May 2nd, 8p.m. in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House, the Writers' Workshop presents visiting instructors Shane Book and Sarah Thankam Mathews events.uiowa.edu/85986

Tonight! May 1st, 7p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore, Jorrell Watkins and Romeo Oriogun will read from their new books, 'Play|House', and 'The Gathering of Bastards' events.uiowa.edu/86322

Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m., Jane Smiley will be at the Iowa City Public Library in conversation with Iowa Public Radio's Charity Nebbe events.uiowa.edu/85982

'Never let anyone tell you that you’re too ambitious.'

This week we spoke to Aiwanose Odafen about life as a published author, where she finds inspiration, and her systematic approach to writing her new novel, We Were Girls Once.

Read our conversation here: afreada.com/interviews/aiw…

At 7:00pm, poets Katie Berta and Margaret Yapp will read from their new books of poetry, Green for Luck and Retribution Forthcoming!

Tonight! Friday, 4/26 7p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore, Margaret Yapp and Katie Berta will read from their latest books of poetry events.uiowa.edu/85684

Join us Wednesday April 24th for a reading from Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Mario Duarte, who will read from My Father Called Us Monkeys: Growing Up Mexican American in the Heartland.

Congratulations to V. V. Ganeshananthan for 'Brotherless Night', on the shortlist for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction!

Aiwanose Odafen at the University of Lagos (Nigeria) on April 25 for a pre-launch of 'We Were Girls Once'

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Wednesday! April 24, 7:00pm at Prairie Lights bookstore, Mario Duarte will read from his new book, 'My Father Called Us Monkeys' events.uiowa.edu/85683

Thursday, April 18 at 1pm and 8pm in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House, the Writers' Workshop presents a Q&A and reading with poet, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge events.uiowa.edu/86095

Congratulations to the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows! including Workshop faculty member, Jamel Brinkley; alumni Robyn Schiff and Justin Torres; and artist Lorraine O'Grady gf.org

Sunday! 4/14, 3:30. p.m. at PorchLight Literary, 1019 E. Washington St., Today You Are Perfect reading series will feature local writers for poetry month, including Workshop Visiting faculty member, Wendy Xu; Workshop alum, Margaret Yapp; and more! events.uiowa.edu/86177

Tonight! Friday, 4/12 at 7p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore, Sarah Braunstein will read from her new novel, 'Bad Animals,' joined in conversation by author Rachel Yoder events.uiowa.edu/85682

Congratulations to Ada Zhang! Winner of a 2024 Whiting Award in Fiction now.uiowa.edu/news/2024/04/i…

'Soul Talk' With Joy Harjo, by Michael Judge open.substack.com/pub/michaeljud…

Thursday! April 11 at 11 a.m. in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Dey House/ Glenn Schaeffer Library, the Writers' Workshop presents a Q&A with bestselling author, James Patterson events.uiowa.edu/86094

Thursday! April 11 at 8 p.m. in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Dey House/ Glenn Schaeffer Library, the Writers' Workshop presents a reading by Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Karen Russell events.uiowa.edu/86048

Ancient Exchanges presents Dan Beachy-Quick's The 'All-Bell Cosmos' and the 'Fundamental Eros' at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City tonight, Tuesday April 9th at 5:30 p.m. events.uiowa.edu/85910