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Jennifer duBois: Reading

Thursday, February 12, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Dey House

Jennifer duBois is the author of The Last Language. Her first novel, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and winner of the California Book Award for First Work of Fiction. Soon after its publication, duBois received a Whiting Award and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award. Her second novel, Cartwheel, was a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award and the winner of the Housatonic Book Award. And her third...

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Krause Essay Prize Ceremony

Friday, February 13, 2026 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Old Capitol Museum
Krause Essay Prize Winner Sarah Aziza will be honored by the Nonfiction Writing Program with a ceremony and reception
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Jack Saebyok Jung and James F. Thomas: Reading

Friday, February 13, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Dey House

Jack Saebyok Jung is a poet, translator, and educator whose creative practice navigates the intersections of literature, technology, and identity. Known for his translations of Korean poetry, notably the cutting-edge works of Yi Sang, Jack explores how language moves between cultures, capturing nuance and existential depth through rhythmical precision.

Jung once planned on drawing vampire hunters and mech pilots — but then he stumbled into poetry and never left. A Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa...

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