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SUMMARY:PorchLight: The Prose Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Ready to get some eyes on your work? This group provides careful readings and positive\, descriptive feedback on works-in-progress. They meet twice a month and workshop two submissions of up to 20 pages at each meeting.  \nThey are currently open to adding one or two more members.  \nThey advise sitting in on a session to determine if this is the workshop for you.  \nFor more information on how to join\, visit their website!
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/porchlight-the-prose-exchange-2/2026-09-27/
LOCATION:PorchLight Literary Arts Center\, 1019 E Washington St\, Iowa City\, 52240\, United States
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SUMMARY:PrairieLights: IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join them for their annual IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series! This week’s event features IWP Residents Monique Malcher (Brazil)\, Wame M. Molefhe (Botswana)\, and Lien Ming-wei (Taiwan). They will be joined by Iowa Writers’ Workshop Poetry candidate\, Aditya Menon. \nMonique Malcher is a writer\, journalist\, and visual artist born in Santarém\, in western Pará\, Brazil. She holds a Master’s degree in Anthropology (UFPA) and an Interdisciplinary PhD in Human Sciences with a focus on gender studies (UFSC). She currently resides in São Paulo. Her first book\, Flor de Gume (Moinhos Publishing)\, won the Jabuti Literature Prize in 2021 in the short story category. Malcher is the second woman from northern Brazil to win a Jabuti in the literature category. Flor de Gume was also published under the title Flor de Filo by Fondo de Cultura Económica in Mexico (2025). Her first novel\, Degola (2025)\, was released by Companhia das Letras (1st edition) and is already in its second reprint. \nWame M. Molefhe is a Botswana-born writer based in Gaborone. She writes across fiction\, film\, and television. Her published works include two short story collections and a debut novel shortlisted for the Island Prize for a Debut Novel (2025). She is a Civitella Ranieri fellow (2016). She is the founder of AgaMotse\, a Centre for the Arts. \nLien Ming-wei (fiction writer\, nonfiction writer; Taiwan) is the author of one work of reportage and four novels. His writing primarily focuses on fiction and has earned him several literary awards. He has published books such as Tomato Avenue and Other Coming-of-Age Stories (番茄街游擊戰)\, Son of the Green Cicadidae (青蚨子)\, The Confession of Blueberry Nights (藍莓夜的告白)\, Duty Officers of the Mountain and Sea: A Record of Toucheng Professionals (山與海的職日生：頭城職人誌)\, and Gunner\, Snatcher\, Robber\, and Provoker (槍強搶嗆). \nAditya Menon is from Kodaikanal\, India. His work has appeared in Peripheries\, Colorado Review\, Dialogist and elsewhere.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/prairielights-iwp-sunday-afternoon-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
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