Hear Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author T.C. Boyle (74MFA) read from his acclaimed works during this rescheduled event at the Englert Theatre. Since the mid-1970s, Boyle has published 28 books of fiction that explore topics ranging from historical biography to ecological apocalypse—and tackle themes such as environmentalism, fanaticism, and the unintended consequences of technology. You may attend in person or via livestream.

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Please join us for a reading and conversation with Sanjena Sathian to celebrate the paperback release of her novel Gold Diggers. She will be joined in conversation by her agent Susan Golomb.

Anita Felicelli, The Los Angeles Review of Books, says of Gold Diggers, "Sathian’s satire is pitch perfect . . . savagely funny. The comedic grotesque register gives way, at times, to an authentic and heartrending melancholia . . . [M]agnificent—canny and moving and just plain fun . . . Sathian’s movement...

Please join us for a reading and Q/A with Michelle Huneven to celebrate the release of her new novel Search. She will be joined in conversation by Lan Samantha Chang.

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Kirkus Reviews says of the book, “Huneven shows her range with a folksy, funny fifth novel on the unlikely subject of how bad decisions happen to good committees . . . engaging and thought-provoking. The voting, the vetting, the drama, the discord, the anti-oppression training—it's all...

Please join us for a reading and discussion to celebrate the release of Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us. Colleen Kinder, editor of the book, will be joined by a group of panelists featured in the collection including: Rachel Yoder, Erica Cavanagh, Lucas Mann, Lia Purpura, and Maggie Shipstead.

Library Review calls the  collection, “Sweet but often poignant collection . . . Mesmerizing . . . This highly recommended collection of letters would appeal to many types of readers...