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Porchlight Lit Arts Center | Rooftop Music & Reading Series: Jordan Sellergren, Elizabeth Willis, Mark Levine, Sarah Minor

Friday, August 28, 2026 7:00pm
Market House
Workshop fiction faculty members, Elizabeth Willis and Mark Levine, and Workshop grad Sarah Minor join Porchlight Lit Arts Center for an evening of music, poetry, and prose.

Live from Prairie Lights | IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series | Sarah Gilmartin, Iván Hochman, Lauren Haldeman, and Devanshi Khetarpal

Sunday, August 30, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Please join us for our annual IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series! This week’s event features IWP Residents Sarah Gilmartin (Ireland) and Iván Hochman (Argentina). They will be accompanied by local author and IWP Senior Editor Lauren Haldeman and a current Iowa Writers' Workshop student (to be announced soon).

MFA Info Series | To MFA or Not to MFA

Monday, August 31, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
with Dr. Donika Kelly - more info coming soon

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