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

Tonight! April 8 at 7 pm in Prairie Lights bookstore, the Ancient Exchanges speaker series presents poet, translator, and Workshop alum, Dan Beachy-Quick, who will talk about his work events.uiowa.edu/85678

Tonight and tomorrow! Mission Creek Festival Lit Walks and a host of other literary events missioncreekfestival.com/2024-schedule/

Today at noon in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House, the Aizuri Quartet will perform writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/event/140416/0

Tonight! Wednesday 4/3 at 8p.m. in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Dey House/Glenn Schaeffer Library, the Writers' Workshop presents poets Paige Lewis and Kaveh Akbar, who will read from their work writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/event/140496/0

The Writers' Workshop presents a reading and Q&A with writer and sound artist, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Thursday and Friday, March 28 at 8 p.m. and March 29 at noon in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House events.uiowa.edu/85862

Tonight! 3/26 at 7p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore, Writers' Workshop graduate Jane Huffman will read from her new book of poetry, 'Public Abstract', winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/news-events/li…

Congratulations to Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang & alumni, Michelle Huneven and Elizabeth McCracken, 2024 Literature Award winners, and to Andrew Holleran, winner of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters! artsandletters.org/news?slug=2024…

Congratulations to Workshop fiction faculty member Jamel Brinkley, a finalist for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction! penfaulkner.org/2024/03/05/ann…

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Tonight at 7! in Prairie Lights bookstore, author Sarah Rose Etter will read from her best selling novel, 'Ripe', which was named a Best Book of the Year by 'Time', 'Huffington Post', & 'Kirkus'. Etter will be joined in conversation by Carmen Maria Machado events.uiowa.edu/84921

Tonight! 3/22, 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore Cristina Henríquez will read from her powerful new novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, 'The Great Divide'. She will be joined in conversation by Writers' Workshop Director Lan Samantha Chang. events.uiowa.edu/84923

Congratulations to Kami Enzie! Winner of the 2024 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Contest