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IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series

Sunday, October 5, 2025 4:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Please join us for our annual IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series! This week’s event features IWP Residents Florencia del Campo (Spain), and Agnes Chew (Singapore). They will be accompanied by current Iowa Writers' Workshop student, Audrey Cherchiara.Florencia del Campo (fiction writer; Argentina/Spain) is the author of four novels: the first one is La huésped (2016), for which del Campo was a finalist for the 2014 Premio Equis de Novela. In 2017, she published Madre mía. Her third novel, La...
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Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 1:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
Harlem Quartet is a New York-based, award-winning ensemble engaged in a week-long residency at the University of Iowa alongside renowned Imani Winds Ensemble and poet and orator A.B. Spellman.
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The Nonfiction Writing Program Presents: WME Agent Dorian Karchmar

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 2:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House
WME Agent Dorian Karchmar, will have a conversation and Q&A at the NWP House on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.530 N. Clinton St., Iowa City.

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Art & Write Night

Thursday, December 4, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...
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