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Tisa Bryant's Unexplained Presence re-released by Wave Books, with afterword by Margo Jefferson

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
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Deborah Whaley on Iowa Public Radio's River to River

Thursday, August 29, 2024
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Jen Buckley and Dean Bakopoulos write Chekhov TV Series

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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Donika Kelly honored with Collegiate Teaching Award

Friday, August 23, 2024
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Kaveh Akbar’s "Martyr!" on Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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English and Creative Writing alum wins Bronze at 2024 Summer Olympics

Thursday, August 8, 2024
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NWP students and alumni featured by Graduate College

Friday, August 2, 2024
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Professor Deborah Whaley's "Disciplining Women" mentioned in the New York Times

Thursday, August 1, 2024
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Garrett Stewart, a Reader

Monday, February 12, 2024

UI faculty highlight benefits, share tips on working with media to promote work

Thursday, February 1, 2024
When Tara Bynum, University of Iowa assistant professor of English and African American Studies, published her first book, Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America, she was able to share her words with an even larger audience than she could have imagined: She was interviewed by PBS in February and was featured on an April episode of The Takeaway podcast, hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry.
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Hannah Arendt in the Age of AI

Thursday, September 12, 2024 10:30am to 11:30am
English-Philosophy Building
In this lecture, Dr. Rodriguez Fielder discusses generative AI through the lens of the 20th century philosopher Hannah Arendt and her 1958 book The Human Condition. Topics include: what is generative AI and how does it work? What are people saying about AI in science and technology studies, especially as it pertains to art and culture? How can we better understand what Arendt was trying to warn us about in our relationship to technology? How does Arendt’s work relate to the field of biopolitics...
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Ling Ma Reading and Q & A

Thursday, September 19, 2024 6:30pm to 7:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
Join us for a reading with award-winning author of Bliss Montage and Severance, Ling Ma.
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Nonfiction Writing Program Alumni Reading Series: Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, author of Such Lovely Skin

Thursday, September 19, 2024 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
UI Nonfiction Writing Program alum Tatiana Schlote-Bonne will read from her debut novel, Such Lovely Skin, at Prairie Lights Books on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Her reading will be followed by a conversation with NWP alum Jessie Kraemer.
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The Last Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson in the American Century

Friday, September 20, 2024 3:30pm to 5:00pm
English-Philosophy Building
The Criticism Today Lecture Series presents "The Last Puritan: Normal Holmes Pearson in the American Century" with Dr. Greg Barnhisel of Duquesne University.
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Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction: Reading by Visiting Assistant Professor Nina Lohman

Friday, September 20, 2024 7:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House
The Nonfiction Writing Program is pleased to present a reading with Visiting Assistant Professor Nina Lohman, author of the essay collection The Body Alone and editor of the literary journal BRINK. Join us Friday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the UI Nonfiction Writing House (530 N. Clinton St.). The reading will be followed by conversation and a brief reception.
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Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction: Kristen Radtke, Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor

Thursday, October 31, 2024 7:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House
The Nonfiction Writing Program is pleased to present a reading with alum Kristen Radtke, author of Seek You and Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor. Join us Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. for a reading, followed by conversation and a reception. This reading is part of the Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction.
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