Throughout 2020, I’ve featured Iowa indie authors in this space. With the holidays upon us,…
Satish Jayaraj is a man at the heart of the reading and writing scene in…
Eliza David writes about love and lust—and holding one’s life together while grappling with both.…
I met Debbie Tindle Parker a couple of years back when she and her husband…
I met Bill Zahren at an author’s event in central Iowa where our tables were…
Regular readers may remember the story of the Writing Lads, a writing group formed by…
Note: Penland’s work is currently published under the name Alexandra Penn. Since publication, however, Penland…
Erin Casey’s debut novel, The Purple Door District, is an assured entry into the urban…
Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s day job involved keeping Iowans safe from disasters of many kinds. Despite…
I’ve told part of this story in this space before. Here’s an excerpt from a…
In 2018, Andrea Wilson, founder and executive director of the Iowa Writers’ House in Iowa…
Recently, my wife and I took our middle child to the University of Iowa Art…
I first knew Sean Lewis as a theater artist in Iowa City. His plays—which range…
The Dallas Morning News recently deemed Elizabeth McCracken and Edward Carey “the most unassuming literary…
Benjamin Percy, who has taught creative writing at Iowa State and the University of Iowa,…