Bret Anthony Johnston reads from his work. Bret is the author of the internationally acclaimed Corpus Christi: Stories and the editor of Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer. Named a Best Book of the Year by The Independent...
Fiction writer Bret Anthony Johnston, a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and a faculty member in the 2008 Iowa Summer Writing Festival, reads from and discusses his new interactive book, "Naming The World: Exercises for the...
Checkmate in India: A UI student from Denmark discovers the wonders and idiosyncracies of India when she travels to Calicut to compete in an international chess tournament. -- Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits: Several interesting inventions are...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Sewell Van Alstine describes his experiences as a soldier in the 95th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Diary contains entries from September 1863 to October 1864. Van Alstine is also featured in the Iowa Authors Collection.
Rob Vogt is a Chicago-area native and an Iowa Summer Writing Festival attendee. He has studied short story writing under Elizabeth Wetmore and Bret Anthony Johnston, graduates of the Iowa Writers Workshop.