Kaethe Schwehn received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2006. Her writing has been published in journals such as jubilat, Crazyhorse, The New Orleans Review, and Forklift, Ohio. She lives in Northfield, Minnesota and teaches at St. Olaf...
Respected fiction writer Charles Baxter reads from his novel "The Soul Thief."
Baxter, a "writers' writer" who teaches at the University of Minnesota, was at the UI last spring as a guest of the Writers' Workshop. He is the author of four previous...
Writers' Workshop graduate Alan Drew reads from his debut novel "Gardens of Water."
Drew's novel portrays two intertwined families -- one Kurdish, one American -- as Turkey suffers a massive earthquake that he experienced first-hand as an...
Naturalist Doug Thorpe reads from "Rapture of the Deep," a winner of the David Family Environmental Book Award.
Thorpe's book explores the relationship between our minds and the great world outside us -- "the wild truth," as he calls it. Bill...
Knox College faculty member Robert Hellenga reads from "The Italian Lover," his new novel.
A Publishers Weekly review of "The Italian Lover" commented: "Hellenga reprises protagonist Margot Harrington from 'The Sixteen Pleasures' (1995) in his...
Natalie Goldberg reads from "Old Friend Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir."
Goldberg is also the author of "The Great Failure," "Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within" and "Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World." She...
Mary Relindes Ellis, a student in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, reads from her award-winning 2005 novel "The Turtle Warrior"
Ellis' novel, a finalist for the Great Lakes Book Award and winner of the Banta Award for Literary...
Wapsipinicon Almanac editor and publisher Tim Fay is joined by contributors to read from the magazine's new issue.
Fay, proprietor of the Route 3 Press in rural Anamosa, has edited and published the Wapsipinicon Almanac -- roughly annually --...
Michael Pollan, the author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," reads from his new book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto."
Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through...
UI nonfiction writing faculty member John D'Agata will read from "About a Mountain."
A Publishers Weekly starred review of "About a Mountain" stated, "In this circuitous, stylish investigation, D'Agata ('Halls of Fame') uses the federal...
M. Thomas Gammarino reads from "Big in Japan: A Ghost Story."
While playing to lackluster crowds in their hometown of Philadelphia, progressive rock band Agenbite clings to the comforting half-truth that they're doing better in Japan. When their...