Books by Workshop Writers
Alumni Updates
Each year, Writers' Workshop alumni and faculty publish nearly 100 books across genres. The Glenn Schaeffer Library and Archives houses a full collection of alumni and faculty books. The most recent of these publications are represented here, organized by publication year and then alphabetically by author. We are always updating this list.
![books in a row](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1312_x_1312/public/2024-03/2021_12_14-Books%20at%20Dey%20House%20jatorner%20-0070.jpg?h=104644ea&itok=VL4-aaLH)
![The Arrival of Rain, by Adedayo Agarau](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/arrival%20of%20rain.jpg?itok=5G69VjRx)
The Arrival of Rain
Adedayo Agarau
February 1, 2024 | Poetry
![Bad Animals, by Sarah Braunstein](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/bad%20animals.jpg?itok=SipK50JS)
Bad Animals
Sarah Braunstein
March 19, 2024 | Fiction
Super Collider
Sean Brendan-Brown
Fall 2024 | Poetry
![Broughtupsy, by Christina Cooke](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/21882.jpg?itok=-bcVioTG)
Broughtupsy
Christina Cooke
January 23, 2024 | Fiction
![Exposure, by Ava Dellaira](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/Exposure_2024-09-10.jpg?itok=EW4oxBpm)
Exposure
Ava Dellaira
September 10, 2024 | Fiction
![The Teller's Cage, by John Philip Drury](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/91394.jpg?itok=eqI_UKwO)
The Teller's Cage
John Philip Drury
January 23, 2024 | Poetry
![My Father Called Us Monkeys, by Mario Duarte](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/my%20father%20called%20us%20monkeys.jpg?itok=OA8a5CqP)
My Father Called Us Monkeys : Growing Up Mexican American in the Heartland
Mario Duarte
April 18, 2024 | Fiction
![Ghost Mother](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Ghost%20Mother.png?itok=NbYd_RQs)
Ghost Mother
Kelly Dwyer
August 6, 2024 | Fiction
![The Sky Was Ours, by Joe Fassler](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/the%20sky%20was%20ours.jpg?itok=lw_gT_A3)
The Sky Was Ours
Joe Fassler
May 1, 2024 | Fiction
![Hereafter, by Alan Felsenthal](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-06/Felsenthal_2024hereafter.png?itok=gOQfQF2d)
Hereafter
Alan Felsenthal
June 25, 2024 | Poetry
![Malas, by Marcela Fuentes](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/55788.jpg?itok=W_N7eMyY)
Malas
Marcela Fuentes
June 4, 2024 | Fiction
![The Gunman & the Carnival, by Catherine Gammon](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/gunman_and_the_carnival.png?itok=FN6spsNp)
The Gunman & the Carnival
Catherine Gammon
February 6, 2024 | Fiction
![The Body Farm book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Geni_05072024.jpg?itok=yxi-qbSi)
The Body Farm: Stories
Abby Geni
May 7, 2024 | Fiction
![Anita de Monte Laughs Last, by Xóchitl González](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/86210.jpg?itok=kVjnaDlK)
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xóchitl González
March 5, 2024 | Fiction
![Starmen, by Francis Hamit](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/starmen.jpg?itok=LqFQYOMJ)
Starmen
Francis Hamit
February 14, 2024 | Fiction
![Trading Beauty Secrets With the Dead, by Erina Harris](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/Trading%20Beauty%20Secrets%20With%20the%20Dead_2024-10-01.jpg?itok=ZWNui3jU)
Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead
Erina Harris
October 1, 2024 | Poetry
![Burn, by Peter Heller](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/Burn_2024-08-13.jpg?itok=jZcdm930)
Burn
Peter Heller
August 13, 2024 | Fiction
![The Great Divide, by Cristina Henríquez](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/great_divide.png?itok=a7qs-r1e)
The Great Divide
Cristina Henríquez
March 5, 2024 | Fiction
![Swan Song book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Hilderbrand_06112024.jpg?itok=raSjLlvD)
Swan Song
Elin Hilderbrand
June 11, 2024 | Fiction
![Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House, by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/are_you_prepared.jpg?itok=4pV7UEFL)
Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House
Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler
February 6, 2024 | Nonfiction
![Splinters, by Leslie Jamison](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/splinters.png?itok=zRkSUxxQ)
Splinters
Leslie Jamison
February 20, 2024 | Memoir
![Burn Man: Selected Stories, by Mark Anthony Jarman](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/burn_man.jpg?itok=VBOfnD1X)
Burn Man: Selected Stories
Mark Anthony Jarman
January 16, 2024 | Fiction
![Rose Mask, by Jared Joseph](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/rose%20mask.jpg?itok=onyymqJH)
Rose Mask
Jared Joseph
April 23, 2024 | Literary Nonfiction
![Homefront, by Victoria Kelly](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/homefront.png?itok=3I4VgHli)
Homefront
Victoria Kelly
January 30, 2024 | Fiction
![French Girl book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Kercheval_2024.jpg?itok=sYFFTmxw)
French Girl
Jesse Lee Kercheval
June of 2024 | Memoir
![The Story of Your Obstinate Survival, by Daniel Khalastchi](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/story_of_your_obstinate.jpg?itok=EfDWAMki)
The Story of Your Obstinate Survival
Daniel Khalastchi
March 1, 2024 | Poetry
![Like it Matters, by Lee Klein](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-06/Klein_2024.jpg?itok=lRafri6Q)
Like It Matters: An Unpublishable Novel
Lee Klein
June 16, 2024 | Fiction
![Before the Mango Ripens, by Afabwaje Kurian](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-05/Kurian_2024Sep24.png?itok=p9oYfckh)
Before the Mango Ripens
Afabwaje Kurian
September 24, 2024 | Fiction
![36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem, by Nam Le](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/36_ways.jpg?itok=AcXCXfW6)
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
Nam Le
March 5, 2024 | Poetry
![The Road from Belhaven, by Margot Livesey](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/road_from_belhaven.jpg?itok=2bfF5YlB)
The Road from Belhaven
Margot Livesey
February 6, 2024 | Fiction
![Same As It Ever Was book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Lombardo_06182024.jpg?itok=6EazoUs_)
Same As It Ever Was
Claire Lombardo
June 18, 2024 | Fiction
![Wish Ave, by Alessandra Lynch](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/wish_ave.png?itok=LExl3ACQ)
Wish Ave
Alessandra Lynch
October 1, 2024 | Poetry
![Death Styles, by Joyelle McSweeney](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/death_styles.jpg?itok=IKMSiUWM)
Death Styles
Joyelle McSweeney
April 2, 2024 | Poetry
![How to Disappear and Why, by Kyle Minor](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/how_to_disappear.jpg?itok=CcEpEE9a)
How to Disappear and Why
Kyle Minor
May 28, 2024 | Essays
![Oye, by Melissa Mogollon](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/oye.jpg?itok=r-h2O5fo)
Oye
Melissa Mogollon
May 14, 2024 | Fiction
![Wet Media, by Alyssa Moore](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/Wet%20Media_2024.jpg?itok=fRcP6gNX)
Wet Media
Alyssa Moore
2024 | Poetry
![Terminal Maladies book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Nebeolisa_092024.jpg?itok=VDY2YviW)
Terminal Maladies
Okwudili Nebeolisa
September 1, 2024 | Poetry
![The Wonderful Wishes of B., by Katherin Nolte](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-06/Nolte_2024.jpg?itok=012F4xNY)
The Wonderful Wishes of B.
Katherin Nolte
June 4, 2024 | Fiction
![The Blue Maiden, by Anna Noyes](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/the%20blue%20maiden.jpg?itok=sEdORfSZ)
The Blue Maiden
Anna Noyes
May 14, 2024 | Fiction
![We Were Girls Once, by Aiwanose Odafen](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/we_were_girls_once.jpg?itok=bZwp7Kcm)
We Were Girls Once
Aiwanose Odafen
April 25, 2024 | Fiction
![Ward Toward, by Cindy Juyoung Ok](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Ward%20Toward.jpg?itok=agZk6RQa)
Ward Toward
Cindy Juyoung Ok
March 1, 2024 | Poetry
![Neighbors and Other Stories, by Diane Oliver](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/neighbors_and_other_stories.jpg?itok=vkrulEEd)
Neighbors and Other Stories
Diane Oliver
February 13, 2024 | Fiction
![Do the Work, by Megan Pillow and Roxane Gay](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/do%20the%20work.jpg?itok=5_5JBuv0)
Do the Work
Megan Pillow and Roxane Gay
June 1, 2024 | Nonfiction
![The Rich People Have Gone Away book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Porter_08062024.jpg?itok=5TW7agTa)
The Rich People Have Gone Away
Regina Porter
August 6, 2024 | Fiction
![The Fertile Earth, by Ruthvika Rao](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/fertile%20earth.jpg?itok=o4H9txEE)
The Fertile Earth
Ruthvika Rao
August 13, 2024 | Fiction
![mother, by m.s. RedCherries](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/mother.jpg?itok=aoyF7dr2)
mother
m.s. RedCherries
July 16, 2024 | Poetry
![Quarterlife, by Devika Rege](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/quarterlife.jpg?itok=MfAwe1MI)
Quarterlife
Devika Rege
September 10, 2024 | Fiction
![Come and Get It, by Kiley Reid](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/come_and_get_it.jpg?itok=7sgDkzr_)
Come and Get It
Kiley Reid
January 30, 2024 | Fiction
![There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, by Ruben Reyes Jr.](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/there_is_a_rio_grande.png?itok=-DsqABjB)
There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven
Ruben Reyes Jr.
August 6, 2024 | Fiction
![The Degenerates, by Raeden Richardson](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/TheDegenerates_2024-09-03.jpg?itok=5jXFumjt)
The Degenerates
Raeden Richardson
September 3, 2024 | Fiction
![Big Time, by Will Schmitz](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-03/big%20time_0.jpg?itok=z0hbsE6g)
Big Time
Will Schmitz
March 13, 2024 | Fiction
![Bots, Come! 2, by Will Schmitz](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-05/Schmitz_2024Mar31.jpg?itok=b55akTZv)
Bots, Come! 2
Will Schmitz
March 31, 2024 | Fiction
![The Violet Catastrophe book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Shmitz_04192024.jpg?itok=3yJo2kmL)
The Violet Catastrophe: Volume II - The Vile Lunt Kat
Will Schmitz
and original art poetry postcards
April 19, 2024 | Fiction
![The History of Sound book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Shattuck_07092024.jpg?itok=vfXgxnZq)
The History of Sound
Ben Shattuck
July 9, 2024 | Fiction
![The Selected Shepherd : Poems, by Reginald Shepherd](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/selected_shepherd.jpg?itok=W6XnhrNX)
The Selected Shepherd : Poems
Reginald Shepherd
April 1, 2024 | Poetry
![How We Got Here, by David Shields](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/How%20We%20Got%20Here_2024-09.jpg?itok=BNvfGaMn)
How We Got Here: Melville Plus Nietzsche Divided by the Square Root of (Allan) Bloom Times Zizek (Squared) Equals Bannon
David Shields
September 2024 | Essays
![The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It, by Nina Siegal](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/2024-04/Siegal_2023Feb01.jpg)
The Diary Keepers: World War II Written by the People Who Lived Through It
Nina Siegal
February 6, 2024 | Nonfiction
![The Boat that Brought Sadness Into the World book cover](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Skrande_06282024.jpg?itok=LBSFTf3r)
The Boat That Brought Sadness into the World
Eva Skrande
June 28, 2024 | Poetry
![So Tough, by Jared Stanley](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/so%20tough.png?itok=pxmJi0_5)
So Tough
Jared Stanley
March 15, 2024 | Poetry
![Also, the Cat, by Rachel Swirsky](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/also_the_cat.jpg?itok=M_AzfZyY)
Also, the Cat
Rachel Swirsky
January 10, 2024 | Fiction
![Digging Stars, by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/digging_stars.png?itok=mZH3RCuI)
Digging Stars
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
July 16, 2024 | Fiction
![The Book of Jerusalem, by Julia Vinograd](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-07/Book%20of%20Jerusalem_2024-01.png?itok=m_tR3mPx)
The Book of Jerusalem
Julia Vinograd
January 2024 | Poetry
![PlayHouse: Poems, by Jorrell Watkins](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/playhouse.png?itok=GQUGkAuq)
PlayHouse: Poems
Jorrell Watkins
April 15, 2024 | Poetry
![Green for Luck, by Margaret Yapp](/sites/writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/green%20for%20luck.jpg?itok=IN8vgbEV)
Green for Luck
Margaret Yapp
April 23, 2024 | Poetry