BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T111202Z DTSTART:20230320T190000 SUMMARY:Live from Prairie Lights | Rafael Frumkin DESCRIPTION:Please join us with Writers' Workshop alum Rafael Frumkin\, who will read from and talk about his new book\, Confidence. "Confidence is an exuberant assault on contemporary wellness culture\, a tale of con-men so talented they con even themselves. But it's also a very human story about the blind spots we all have\, how our need for love and connection can sometimes lead us down all the wrong paths. A delightful\, irreverent\, and poignant novel."-- Nathan Hill\n\nFrumkin is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Medill School of Journalism. His first novel\, The Comedown\, was published by Henry Holt in 2018 to critical acclaim. His Collection\, Bugsy & Other Stories\, is forthcoming. He lives with his partner\, two cats\, and one dog in Carbondale\, Illinois\, where he is an assistant professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University.\n\nTo subscribe to a weekly emailing list of Writers' Workshop events\, please email iww@uiowa.edu with “Events Mailing List Subscribe” in the subject line.\n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/76355 LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, \, 15 South Dubuque Street\, Iowa City\, IA 52240 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-76355 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Please join us with Writers' Workshop alum Rafael Frumkin\, who will read from and talk about his new book\, Confidence. "Confidence is an exuberant assault on contemporary wellness culture\, a tale of con-men so talented they con even themselves. But it's also a very human story about the blind spots we all have\, how our need for love and connection can sometimes lead us down all the wrong paths. A delightful\, irreverent\, and poignant novel."-- Nathan Hill
\n\nFrumkin is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Medill School of Journalism. His first novel\, The Comedown\, was published by Henry Holt in 2018 to critical acclaim. His Collection\, Bugsy &\; Other Stories\, is forthcoming. He lives with his partner\, two cats\, and one dog in Carbondale\, Illinois\, where he is an assistant professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University.
\n\nTo subscribe to a weekly emailing list of Writers' Workshop events\, please email iww@uiowa.edu with “Events Mailing List Subscribe” in the subject line.
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