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"Lights On Salon Series"

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Porchlight
 IWP writers will lead a talk on the ethics of writing about friends and family. Location: Porchlight 1019 E Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240

Literary Legends With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Tracy Kidder

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 7:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Sit in on a one-of-a-kind evening with writer and Iowa graduate Tracy Kidder, “a master of the nonfiction narrative” (Baltimore Sun), as he reflects on his lengthy literary career and reads from some of his bestselling work. The event will feature a conversation about the power of long-form investigative writing between Kidder and renowned author Stuart Dybek (73MFA), as well as a Q&A session and book signing. Register here: https://foriowa.info/3yUJ2h8 The author of nonfiction classics such...

Conversation: The Art of Adaptation w/ Kerry Howley and Susanna Fogel

Friday, October 18, 2024 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
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5Q Interview: Anna Davtyan Աննա Դավթյան, IWP Resident

"I have the full confidence that anything deeply private is completely universal. So I think what is privately Armenian and privately mine is good literature for everyone to read."

UI Professor Kaveh Akbar's Novel "Martyr!" on Obama's Summer Reading List

UI Translation Program Alum in the New York Times

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Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1977.

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BA in Screenwriting

Students are instructed on practical skills and knowledge needed to become successful members of the screenwriting industry!

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