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Associate Professor Dean Bakopoulos to Lead Discussion with author Ben Percy at Prairie Lights

Monday, September 25, 2023 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Author and screenwriting Benjamin Percy will be reading from his new book "The Sky Vault" at Prairie Lights Bookstore on September 25 at 7 p.m. Following the reading, our very own Dean Bakopoulos will lead a discussion and Q&A with Percy. For more information on the event, see the Prairie Lights website.

Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction: Patricia Foster in Conversation with Darius Stewart

Thursday, September 28, 2023 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Writer Patricia Foster, professor emerita at the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from her new collection of essays, Written in the Sky: Lessons of a Southern Daughter, on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Books. A conversation with NWP alum and poet/essayist Darius Stewart will follow. All are welcome to attend this Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction event.

Live from Prairie Lights | Patricia Foster in conversation with Darius Stewart

Thursday, September 28, 2023 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Patricia Foster will read from her new collection of essays, Written in the Sky: Lessons of a Southern Daughter. She will be joined in conversation by author Darius Stewart. In Written in the Sky, Patricia Foster presents a double portrait of place and family, a book of deeply personal essays that interrogate the legacy of racial tensions in the South, the constriction of caste and gender, and the ways race, class, and white privilege are entwined in her family story. After interviewing girls at...
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