Author of God Land in conversation with NWP Professor/author of Thrown
September 6th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction
The Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction is made possible by the generous support of the Kyle J. and Sharon Krause Family Foundation. Visiting writers regularly join the Nonfiction Writing Program for a week or a semester at a time. In addition to teaching workshops, seminars, and master classes, visiting writers give readings at various venues in downtown Iowa City. Readings are open to the public.
Lyz Lenz in conversation with Kerry Howley
T. Kira Madden
Author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
September 12th, 6:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
T Fleischmann
NWP alum and author of Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through
September 19th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
James Geary
Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor and author of Wit's End
October 2-5, tbd
Susan Steinberg
Former Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor and author of Machine
October 11th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
David Hamilton
University of Iowa Emeritus Professor, former editor of The Iowa Review, and author of A Certain Arc
October 24th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Barbara Ehrenreich
2019 Krause Essay Prize Winner and author of Natural Causes and Nickel and Dimed
October 30th, 7:30 pm, Old Capitol Senate Chamber, University of Iowa
Kerry Howley at the Witching Hour Festival
NWP Professor and author of Thrown
Witching Hour Festival / November 1-2, 2019, Iowa City
Andre Perry
NWP alum and author of Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now
November 14th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Erin Harris and Katherine Latshaw
Literary Agents at Folio Literary Management
November 15, tbd, EPB 304
M. Randal O'Wain
NWP alum and author of Meander Belt
December 6th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Hanif Abdurraqib
Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor and author of They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
January 30th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Mitchell S. Jackson
Author of Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family and The Residue Years
February 20th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Lewis Hyde
Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor and author of Common as Air
March 26th, 7:00 pm, tbd
Joey McGarvey
Senior Editor at Milkweed Editions
April 9-10, tbd, EPB 403
Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Whiting Award Winner and nonfiction editor of Black Warrior Review
April 23rd, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Jeff Porter
NWP Professor and author of Planet Claire: Suite for Cello and Sad-Eyed Lovers
date tbd, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books