The Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all levels and stages of life. Our goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City. Every month a new writer leads a generative workshop, presenting a prompt inspired by their own preoccupations, passions, or interests.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry and PorchLight Literary Arts Center.

This month's leader: Skylar Alexander

Date: Sunday, October 16, 5:30-7 pm Central

Platforms: You're invited to attend online or in person

• To attend online, register HERE. After registering, the Zoom link will be automatically emailed to you

• To attend in person, please join us at PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 E. Washington, Iowa City. 

Skylar Alexander is the author of Searching for Petco (Forklift Books, 2022; edited by Matt Hart), a book which the poet Adam Fell called “a mutant blast radius of righteous Midwestern anger and tender observation.” Her writing has appeared in many places, including Cutbank, Smokelong Quarterly, Hobart, and Forklift, Ohio. She studied English and Entrepreneurial Management at the University of Iowa and recently received her Master's in Education from NYU. A book designer and teacher, her home base is in New York City.