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At the Writing University, we're devoted to delivering the most enlightening, educational and entertaining podcasts from the University of Iowa's creative writing programs. We gather all our offerings together here for you to peruse and enjoy!

Upcoming Events

Book Matters: Louisa Hall and Bennett Sims in conversation with Donika Kelly

Monday, September 9, 2024 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Prairie Lights Books

Join us for a reading and discussion, co-sponsored by Prairie Lights, to celebrate recent works from Louisa Hall and Bennett Sims, faculty in the University of Iowa Department of English. After the reading, Donika Kelly, associate professor of English, will join Hall and Sims for a conversation and Q&A with the audience. Light refreshments will follow.

Maryann Lesert - Live from Prairie Lights

Thursday, September 12, 2024 7:00pm

Prairie Lights Books

Maryann Lesert will read from her impassioned story of anti-fracking activism (Kirkus), Land Marks. "Land Marks is an important and powerful novel, and deserves its place in a growing literature of ecological resistance. Read it, and then act.” —Derrick Jensen Inspired by two years that Mary Ann Lesert spent doing boots-on-well-sites research, Land Marks honors the real-life environmental activism of citizens who fought against fracking in Michigan's state forests. Water well drillers, doctors...

Nicholas Meyer reading - Live from Prairie Lights

Monday, September 16, 2024 7:00pm

Prairie Lights Books

Academy Award-nominated scriptwriter and Emmy winner Nicholas Meyer will read from his new book, Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell. "For decades, Nicholas Meyer has held sway as the preeminent author of Sherlockian tales, and Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell demonstrates his strengths in profusion: crisp plotting, rich cultural-political background, many flashes of wit, and an abiding zest for the game." —Alex Ross Nicholas Meyer is the "editor" of several Watson manuscripts...

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