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Mary Engle Burge

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:00pm
Coralville Public Library
Visit Coralville Public Library for an evening with Mary Engle Burge as she shares her childhood experiences as a close observer of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in the 1940s and ’50s. Mary’s rich stories stem from her interactions with the six writers who lived with the Engles, as well as many others who visited for shorter stints. After school, she spent countless afternoons at the Iowa Writers Workshop quonset hut, keenly observing her father and forming vivid memories of the community. The...
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Live from Prairie Lights | Shane Book & Mark Levine

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Poets Shane Book and Mark Levine will read from their work. Shane Book will read from All Black Everything (Kuhl House Poets, 2023). Mark Levine will read from Sound Fury (Univ. of Iowa Press). “All Black Everything proposes an expansive, global poetics, which is equally a poetics of Black diasporan fluency. All Black’s poems ride the crosscurrents of history and popular culture through African America, the Caribbean, West Africa, the United Kingdom, and Canada. As references whirl and...
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Coralville Public Library | Paul Engle Prize Ceremony: Camille Dungy

Thursday, November 14, 2024 7:00pm
Coralville Public Library
Camille Dungy has been named the 13th recipient of the Paul Engle Prize, presented by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization. Dungy will receive the prize at a ceremony at the Coralville Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. Following the ceremony Dungy will speak about her work and experiences. A reception will follow with books available for sale from Prairie Lights Book Store. This event is free and open to the public. The prize, established in 2011, honors an...
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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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