Poets Hannah Bonner and Dan Wriggins will read from their debut poetry collections.  Hannah Bonner will read from Another Woman, published by Eastover Press. Poet Carlie Hoffman writes, "A book of eros and 'wild risk,' Hannah Bonner's spellbinding debut, Another Woman, conjures 'a water so febrile it is almost fire.' In the aftermath of the end of a love affair, Bonner's speaker wonders tenderly about 'every startled animal' and what it means to be a woman in the world when carnality gives way...

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session...

Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate and author of The Travelers Regina Porter will read from her new novel, The Rich People Have Gone Away. She will be in conversation with Claire Lombardo. “Regina Porter weaves beauty and humor with pathos, in prose that is winding, prescient, and profound. She shows us worlds inside of worlds — of queerness, of love and relationships, of who we are and who we’re told to be — crafting a narrative that is both precise and thunderous. The Rich People Have Gone Away m...

Writers Workshop graduate Ruthvika Rao will read from her debut novel, The Fertile Earth. "The Fertile Earth is the kind of novel that you find yourself wanting a friend to read alongside you, to share in the beauty, tragedy, triumph and heartbreak of the world brought to life within its pages. Ruthvika Rao has crafted an astonishing, intelligent epic set during the early decades of post-independence India, a story filled with moral complexity, intertwined fates, awakenings and romance. Reading...