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The Virtual Writing University Archive

The Virtual Writing University Archive is a collection of recordings of literary readings, panel discussions, and lectures around The University of Iowa and Iowa City. You may search or browse these recordings to find those you want to hear. The Writing University Archive is a project of the School of Library and Information Science in collaboration with the writing community at Iowa.

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"Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive

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Andrew Sean Greer Reading Feb, 2005

Andrew Sean Greer reads from his novel entitled The Confessions of Max Tivoli. Greer explains that Max, the protagonist of the…

Steve Healey and William Waltz Reading Feb, 2005

Steve Healey reads selections from his collection of poetry entitled Earthling. Waltz then reads selections from his own collection of poetry…

Rattawut Lapcharoensap Reading Feb, 2005

Rattawut Lapcharoensap reads “Draft Day” from his collection of stories entitled Sightseeing. Spending his childhood moving between Bangkok, Thailand and Chicago,…

Pam Houston Reading Feb, 2005

Author Pam Houston reads from her novel, Sight Hound. She explains the format of her novel. Each chapter is written in…

Mary Doria Russell Reading Feb, 2005

Mary Doria Russell reads fromA Thread of Grace, a work of historical fiction. Russell explains her choice to write about Jewish…

David Laskin Reading Jan, 2005

David Laskin discusses his nonfiction work, The Children’s Blizzard, which details the blizzard that hit the Midwest on January 12, 1888. …

Tamora Pierce Reading Oct, 2004

Tamora Pierce discusses her young adult fantasy novel, Trickster’s Queen. She takes questions from the audience, which is mostly comprised of…

David Gilbert Reading Oct, 2004

David Gilbert reads from his novel entitled The Normals. During a brief question and answer session, Gilbert explains the research he…

Thomas Frank Reading Oct, 2004

Thomas Frank reads selections from his book entitled What’s the Matter With Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Frank…

International Writing Program Archive

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Andramalech’s Monologue, performed by Hilario Saavedra Apr, 2005

Actor Hilario Saavedra performs an intense monologue on a minimally lit, bare stage. The monologue is largely non-linear, reminiscent of post-modernist…

Yan Mo Reading Sep, 2004

Christopher Merrill introduces Hualing Nieh Engle who then introduces Mo Yan. Mo Yan speaks only in Chinese and so a…

Aharon Shabtai Reading Oct, 2003

Julie Englander hosts the reading. Christopher Merrill introduces the Israeli poet Aharon Shabtai. Shabtai reads selected poems, some of which come…

Scott Russell Sanders Reading and Q&A Oct, 2003

Scott Russell Sanders reads from a number of essays reflective of the theme of the festival, “Landscape and Literature.” Christopher Merrill…

Han Yong Jeong, Yevgeniya Kononenko, and Steve Kramp Reading Oct, 2003

International Writing Program participants Han Yong Jeong Jeong recites some of his poetry and Yevgeniya Kononenko reads from one of her…

Leopoldo Brizuela, Matthias Göritz, Anne O’Reilly Reading Sep, 2003

IWP participant Leopoldo Brizuela reads an excerpt of his novel, Red Moon, and IWP participant Matthias Göritz reads a selection of…