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literature Archive
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Nobel laureate Soyinka to appear at pair of UI events
Posted on 10/30/2011Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian author Wole Soyinka will take part in two free, public events Sunday, Nov. 6, at the University of Iowa. -
Simmons Short Fiction winner Rolnick to read Oct. 27
Posted on 10/21/2011Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Josh Rolnick, winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award from the University of Iowa Press, will read from his award-winning Pulp and Paper Oct. 27. -
UI Press book explores innovation in African American poetry
Posted on 10/17/2011Renegade Poetics: Black Aesthetics and Formal Innovation in African American Poetry by Evie Shockley is now available as part of the Contemporary North American Poetry Series from the University of Iowa Press. -
UI emeritus faculty member Bell, Iowa’s first poet laureate, reads Oct. 20
Posted on 10/16/2011Poet Marvin Bell, emeritus faculty member in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and Iowa's first poet laureate, will read from his new collection Oct. 20, in Prairie Lights Books. -
UI faculty, Writers’ Workshop alumni to read at Prairie Lights
Posted on 10/10/2011Spanish and Portuguese faculty members Roberto Ampuero and Luis Humberto Crosthwaite and Writers' Workshop poetry alumni Nathan Hoks and Wayne Miller will be featured during a busy week of readings at Prairie Lights. -
Capote Award to be given at Oct. 6 UI event
Posted on 09/30/2011Mark McGurl, whose The Program Era was the 2011 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin, will accept the $30,000 award at a free public event Oct. 6 on the UI campus. -
Alumni Dentz, Dobrian to give free readings
Posted on 09/30/2011University of Iowa alumni Shira Dentz and Joseph Dobrian will be featured during live literary streams from Prairie Lights Books Monday–Friday, Oct. 3-7. -
Graphic Language public reception set for Oct. 2
Posted on 09/26/2011The Museum of Art will kick off its major autumn exhibition, Graphic Language: The Art and Literature of Comics, featuring original comic arts, at the Black Box Theatre in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU), Sept. 24. -
Olsen to read from We Wanted to Be Writers
Posted on 09/26/2011Eric Olsen will read from We Wanted to Be Writers: Life, Love, and Literature at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, which he wrote with fellow University of Iowa alumnus Glenn Schaeffer, at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26, in Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. -
Merrill to read from new book Sept. 20
Posted on 09/16/2011Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program, will read from his new nonfiction book at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Prairie Lights Books.