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Margaret Ross and Ada Zhang, Fall Faculty Reading

Thursday, November 7, 2024 8:00pm
Dey House
The Writers' Workshop presents a reading by visiting faculty members, Margaret Ross and Ada Zhang. Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations have appeared in The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY, and have been recognized by a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, a Fulbright arts grant, and residencies from Yaddo. Ada Zhang's short stories have appeared in A Public Space, McSweeney’s, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere.  The Sorrows of Others, her first story...
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Mic Check Poetry Fest: Rudy Francisco featuring Outspoken Bean

Friday, November 8, 2024 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Club Hancher hosts day one of a two-day celebration of spoken word and its power to bear witness, create community, and inspire change. 
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Mic Check Poetry Fest: Rudy Francisco featuring Outspoken Bean

Friday, November 8, 2024 9:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Club Hancher hosts day one of a two-day celebration of spoken word and its power to bear witness, create community, and inspire change. 
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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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