Note: Penland’s work is currently published under the name Alexandra Penn. Since publication, however, Penland…
Books and Writers
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 been thinking about a quote that was floating around online a few months back,…
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…
Caite Dolan-Leach will read from her new novel about the pitfalls of intentional communities, We…
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,…
In his new book, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and…
Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate and award-winning author Julie Orringer will read from her new novel,…
Two fabulists—both in translation for English readers—offer captivating novels arising from expansive imaginations and filled…
As one of three key prohibition states, Iowa banned liquor in 1916, four years before…