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Jack Jung: Reading

Sunday, February 16, 2025 8:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
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Perusing the Personal through Art

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Porchlight
A workshop for memoirists, essayists, or art lovers. Any level of experience is welcome! Tickets start at $255. Feb. 5–26, (4 sessions) 7–9 p.m. Tickets: https://www.porchlightliterary.org/service-page/perusing-the-personal-through-art-1 Description: In this four-session course, participants will craft creative nonfiction narratives that respond to various forms of art (music, movies, paintings, etc.) they have a connection with. By using writing techniques to capture our various...

Live from Prairie Lights | Steven Duong & Tramaine Suubi

Friday, February 21, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Writers’ Workshop graduates Steven Duong and Tramaine Suubi will read from their new poetry collections: At the End of the World There Is a Pond, and Phases. Steven Duong will read from At the End of the World There Is a Pond. “In poems striking, humorous, and assured, Steven Duong turns and turns the world over again until we are seen anew. . . . The velocity and music of this book will steady you far into your days.” —Major Jackson "Duong’s poetry is surprising and alive, expansive in its...
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Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1977.

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BA in Screenwriting

Students are instructed on practical skills and knowledge needed to become successful members of the screenwriting industry!

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