Doomtree The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Nov. 7 at 9:30 Indie hip-hop collective Doomtree could be dubbed an artistic smorgasbord. Comprised of five emcees and two producers, the band has been active since 2002, though most of its members met earlier as high school classmates in Minneapolis. Despite each artist’s robust solo career, the group […]
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Interview: Mary Roach discusses the finer (and grosser) points of writing about the human body
In an event sponsored by the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, author Mary Roach will read tonight at 8 p.m. at the Englert Theatre. Over the last…
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How Cameron Esposito is using queer comedy to conquer the mainstream
Cameron Esposito might be one of the busiest young comedians working in Los Angeles today. A driven, fiercely candid writer and stand up, Esposito performs…
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Interview: Writer Karen Bender on her recent work, her time in Taiwan and the power of an honest sentence
Acclaimed fiction writer Karen Bender’s recent work Refund features scam artists, starving artists, subleases, lockdowns and cons in a series of stories that engage…
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Interview: Charles D’Ambrosio, new Writers’ Workshop faculty member, reads at Prairie Lights
Charles D’Ambrosio, a new faculty member of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the award-winning author of The Dead Fish Museum and The Point…
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Interview: Sarah Heyward, ‘Girls’ staff writer, on crossing over from the Workshop to Hollywood
Sarah Heyward, the plucky Los Angeles screenwriter/actor known best for her achievements as a staff writer on HBO’s Girls, studied…
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Interview: Author Jane Smiley on her latest novel ‘Some Luck’ and her visit back to Iowa City
Novelist Jane Smiley will read from and discuss her new novel Some Luck for the Iowa City Book Festival this Sunday at 1 p.m. at The Englert Theatre…
