Author of Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal
September 13th, 5:30 pm, Art Building West
Part of the Creative Matters lecture series.
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.
Wendy S. Walters
Elliott Krause
Associate Editor at The Wall Street Journal's in-house magazine The Future of Everything
September 26th, 3:00 pm, Founders' Room (EPB 403)
Sarah Gorham
Editor-in-Chief, Sarabande Books
September 27th, 1PM, Gerber Lounge (EPB 304)
Shawn Wen
Author of A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause (Sarabande Books) and Winner of the 2018 Krause Essay Prize
September 27th, 7:30 pm, Old Capitol Senate Chamber
Nonfiction Reading by International Writing Program Essayists Echeto, Badis, and Ganieva
Featured IWP writers: Roberto Echeto (from Venezuela), Salah Badis (from Algeria), and Alisa Ganieva (from Russia)
October 17th, 7:30 pm, Becker 101
Valeria Luiselli
Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor and author of Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions
October 25th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Katrina Dodson
Translator of The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector, Winner of the 2016 PEN Translation Prize
November 9th, 10:00 am, Founders' Room (EPB 403)
Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel & Meghan O'Gieblyn
Authors of the essay collections Fear Icons and Interior States
November 9th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Sandy Allen
NWP alum and author of A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia
January 15th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas
Author of Don’t Come Back and recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award
February 6th, 7:00 pm, Becker 101
Susan Steinberg
Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor and author of Spectacle
February 14th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Lyz Lenz
Editor, The Rumpus
March 6th, 1:00-2:00 pm, Founders' Room (EPB 403)
Frye Gaillard
Author of Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America
March 7th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Janet Silver
Senior Partner, Aevitas Creative Management
March 8th, 1:00-2:00 pm, Founders' Room (EPB 403)
Monika Woods
Literary Agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd.
April 1st, tbd
Misson Creek's NWP Showcase: Gabriel Houck, Jennifer S. Cheng, and Lawrence Ypil
Nonfiction Writing Program Showcase, featuring Gabriel Houck, Jennifer S. Cheng, and Lawrence Ypil
April 3rd, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Mieke Eerkens
Mieke Eerkens, NWP alum and author of All Ships Follow Me
April 11th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Pico Iyer
Best-Selling Travel Writer
April 18th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books
Jorie Graham
Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
April 25th, 7:00 pm, Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library, University of Iowa campus
Leslie Carol Roberts
Leslie Carol Roberts, NWP alum and author of Here is Where I Walk
May 2nd, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books