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Shambaugh House Reading

Friday, August 25, 2023 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Shambaugh House
Join us in person at the Shambaugh House (430 N. Clinton St., Iowa City) or online via Facebook or Zoom for a reading by two IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers. For those who are present in person, light refreshments will be provided.

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Shambaugh House Reading

Friday, August 25, 2023 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Shambaugh House
Join us in person at the Shambaugh House (430 N. Clinton St., Iowa City) or online via Facebook or Zoom for a reading by two IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers. For those who are present in person, light refreshments will be provided.
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IWP Reading at Prairie Lights Books

Sunday, August 27, 2023 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
A reading by international writers and UI MFA students.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1977.

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The new BA in Translation major started at the University of Iowa this fall 2022!

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