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PorchLight: International Lights Salon Series

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Enjoy conversation, connection, and community over light snacks and wine. A collaboration with the International Writing Program, the International Lights Salon provides a space for visiting International writers, local artists, university students, and community members to engage in dialogue.   Join online or in person. For a zoom link email Jennifer at jennifer@porchlightliterary.org   September

PrairieLights: IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Please join for their annual IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series! This week’s event features IWP Residents Nir Ratzkovsky (Israel) and Juan Carlos Reyes Vázquez (Mexico). They will be accompanied by University of Iowa Executive Director of the Office of Writing and Communication, Daniel Khalastchi, and Robert P. Dana Director of the Center for the Literary Arts

PorchLight: The Free Gen: Iowa City’s Original Generative Workshop

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Co-sponsored by PorchLight and Iowa City Poetry, the Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all income levels and stages of life. Their goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City. Every

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PorchLight: Write Now – Community Supported Writing Group

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

PorchLight's Write Now Writer's Group provides community, and learning opportunities for beginning to intermediate writers. At their monthly meetings, share short craft lessons, generate writing from prompts, and, on occasion, provide responses to participants' work in progress. Writers working in any genre are welcome. This is a great group for writers who have not had the

PrairieLights: Peter Bognanni in conv with Daniel Khalastchi – How to Lose Yourself Completely

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Writers' Workshop graduate Peter Bognanni will read from his new novel, How to Lose Yourself Completely, and will be joined in conversation with Daniel Khalastchi. Bognanni's publisher offers this description of How to Lose Yourself Completely: "A teen grappling with grief and anxiety is sent to wilderness "adventure therapy,” where he meets a group of friends—and a

Prairie Lights: Katie Bennett in conversation with Nina Lohman & Alisha Jeddeloh

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Katie Bennett will read from her new book, She Was Wild Grass, and will be joined in conversation with BRINK publisher and author Nina Lohman & BRINK editor Alisha Jeddeloh. Bennett's website offers this introduction: "She Was Wild Grass intertwines Bennett’s artistic coming-of-age with the story of Joan Vollmer, the remarkable yet overlooked figure of the Beat Generation whose life was cut

PrairieLights: Book Matters Event: Kathy Lavezzo & William Rhodes in conv with Sarah Bond – Bad Medievalism & Work of Reform

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Join them for a special University of Iowa Book Matters event! University of Iowa Professor Kathy Lavezzo will read from her new book, Bad Medievalism and the Modernity Problem, and Iowa Assistant Professor William Rhodes will read from his newest book, The Work of Reform: Literature and Political Ecology from Langland to Spenser. They will be joined

Sidekick: Conversation and signing with author Grant Faulkner

Sidekick Coffee & Books 1310 1/2 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, IA

Join Sidekick Coffee and Books for an evening with author Grant Faulkner in conversation with Yasmina Din Madden for his new book Something Out There in the Distance on September 24th at 7 pm. One book purchase admits two people. About the book: Flash-fiction master Grant Faulkner and photographer Gail Butensky have partnered to create

PorchLight: Rooftop Music & Reading Series

Market House 202 N. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

Join them on the deck of Market House in IC's North Side for an evening of music, poetry, and prose. The Rooftop Music & Reading Series brings together some of Iowa's most exciting artists for a one-of-a-kind collaborative program. Bring a buddy, date, or come alone. Stay for the lovely views, and good company.  

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PorchLight: The Prose Exchange

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

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. They are currently open to adding one or two more members. They advise sitting in on a session to

PrairieLights: IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

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. Monique Malcher is a writer, journalist, and visual artist born in Santarém, in western Pará, Brazil. She holds

PrairieLights: Nicholas Russell in conv with Tony Tulathimutte – Observer

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Nicholas Russell will read from his new novel, Observer, and will be joined in conversation with 2026 Iowa Writers' Workshop Visiting Associate Professor (and Writers' Workshop graduate) Tony Tulathimutte. Publisher Ecco Press describes Observer as "A disquieting, atmospheric debut horror novel about a young woman investigating her mother’s disappearance at an abandoned Nevada observatory, for fans of Jeff