# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Rebecca Lehmann will read from her new novel, The Beheading Game, and will be joined in conversation with Paige Lewis. The Beheading Game "begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously laid to rest in a makeshift coffin, her head wrapped in linen at her knees" and continues with "Anne escapes the Tower of London, sews her head back on, then sets out on a quest to K*ll Henry VIII before he can marry her own lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour" (penguinrandomhouse.com). It's praised by author Kelly Link as "A marvelously inventive and mythic reworking of the story of Anne Boleyn," while Lev Grossman, author of The Bright Sword, says: "Magic, romance, revenge, and an utterly irresistible heroine—this book is an instant classic."

Rebecca Lehmann is an award-winning poet and essayist. She has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Maytag Fellow. She is the author of three collections of poetry: Between the Crackups; Ringer, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize (selected by Ross Gay); and The Sweating Sickness. Her writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, NPR’s The Slowdown, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. She lives in Indiana with her family, where she is an associate professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies at Saint Mary’s College.

Paige Lewis is the author of the poetry collection Space Struck (Sarabande Books, 2019) and the novel Canon (Viking Press, 2026). They co-edited Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance (Sarabande Books, 2023) with Kaveh Akbar. Paige teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/iowa-city/rebecca-lehmann-in-conv-with-paige-lewis-the-beheading-game/200029951362009
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Iowa City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240
- **lat**: 41.66073
- **long**: -91.53335
- **full address**: 15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

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- **Q**: When and where is Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game  being held?
  - **A:** Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game  takes place on Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game ?
  - **A:** Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game  is organized by Prairie Lights Bookstore.
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  - **A:** Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game  is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Iowa City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Rebecca Lehmann in conv with Paige Lewis - The Beheading Game  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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