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Summer Faculty Reading: Claire Lombardo and Margaret Ross

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 7:00pm

Glenn Schaeffer Library

Join us for a reading by Workshop summer faculty:

Claire Lombardo is the author of the nationally-bestselling novel Same As It Ever Was. Her debut, The Most Fun We Ever Had, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Reese's Book Club pick. Her novels have been translated or are forthcoming in over a dozen languages.

Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare (Omnidawn, 2015) and of Saturday (The Song Cave, 2024). Her poems and translations have appeared in Granta, Harper’s, The Paris Review,...

Book Launch Reading: Carousel by Sarah Minor

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 7:00pm

Prairie Lights Books

Sarah Minor in conversation with Melissa Febos at Prairie Lights

Live from Prairie Lights | Rogue Workshops Faculty Reading

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Prairie Lights Books

Join Prairie Lights bookstore for a special faculty reading of the inaugural "Authors at Large" Iowa City Rogue Workshops! (You can learn more about this program and the faculty here.)

Xu Xi will read from her new collection of short stories, Horizon Hong Kong.

Kelly Dwyer will read from her recent novel, Ghost Mother.

Robin Hemley will read from his latest essay collection, How to Change History.

Mary Allen and Hugh Ferrer will read from works in progress.

Note: To accommodate these writers and...