The Free Generative Writing Workshop provides a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all income 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.

Workshops are always free, and adults writing in all genres at all levels are welcome. Bring

This month’s workshop leader is Tonja Robins.

Robins, a native of Illinois, has published a collection of poems, Poetryland, about World Heritage site Cahokia Mounds located just east of St. Louis. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina—Greensboro and currently lives and teaches in Iowa City, IA. Her poems have appeared in Sun Dog: Southeastern Review, Greensboro Review, Corraddi, Coe Review, Fertile Source, Prairie Wolf Press, the Lunar Calendar and Blue Pitcher among other places.