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.
Rachel Greenwald Smith, author of On Compromise: Art, Politics, and the Fate of an American Ideal, in conversation with Lisa Wells, author of Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World
September 14th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books (ONLINE)
Register for a Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b9vlHzKzRjuGi9ACeDyEjg
Wyatt Williams, NWP student and author of the debut essay collection Springer Mountain: Meditations on Killing and Eating
Joined in conversation with NWP student Cathryn Klusmeier
October 5th, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books (ONLINE)
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Editors Jean Garnett (Little, Brown) and Callie Garnett (Bloomsbury Publishing) in Conversation
October 26th, 7:00 pm, via ZOOM
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Amy Butcher, NWP alum and author of Mothertrucker, in conversation with NWP professor Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood
November 2nd, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books (ONLINE)
A ceremony celebrating the 2021 Krause Essay Prize Winner Wesley Morris, author of "My Mustache, My Self"
November 30th, 7:00 pm, via ZOOM
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A Reading and Q&A with Jaquira Diaz, author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, and Lars Horn, author of VOICES OF THE FISH
December 15th, 12:00 pm, via ZOOM
Ethan Bassoff, Senior Agent at The Ross Yoon Agency
February 4th, 9:00 am, via ZOOM
Grace Lavery, UC Berkeley professor and author of Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis, in conversation with NWP professor Melissa Febos, author of Body Work
February 11th, 2022, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books (ONLINE)
Bela Shayevich, translator of Yevgeny Zamyatin's WE and current NWP student, in conversation with NWP Director Brooks Landon
February 23rd, 2022, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books (ONLINE)
Elissa Washuta, author of White Magic, in conversation with NWP professor Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood
March 22nd, 2022, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books (ONLINE)
Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor Tisa Bryant, author of Unexplained Presence, in conversation with NWP Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Minor, author of Slim Confessions
April 13th, 2022, 7:00 pm, Prairie Lights Books - IN PERSON!
Geoff Dyer, author of The Last Days of Roger Federer and former NWP Bedell Distinguished Visiting Prof., in Conversation with NWP alum Luca Mann, author of Class A
May 9, 2022 at 7 pm - Prairie Lights Books Virtual
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Robin Hemley, author of Oblivion and former NWP Director, in Conversation with Patricia Foster and David Hamilton
June 7, 2022 at 7 pm - Prairie Lights Books (IN PERSON!)