Please join us for a reading and conversation with Renée Branum to celebrate the release of her new book Defenestrate. She will be joined in conversation by Jessie Gaynor.

To join this virtual event, register here.

Annie Hartnett, author of RABBIT CAKE and LITTLE ANIMALS, calls the book, “Gorgeously written and imaginative, Defenestrate is a beautiful novel about the family stories we tell and how they echo on through generations. Rich and intimate, this novel will stay with me.”

Renée Branum...

Uncovering Hawkeye History: The Stories That Define Us

Since 1847, the University of Iowa has broken barriers and blazed new trails as a beacon for learning, creativity, and collaboration. Join university archivist and storyteller David McCartney and leading experts from multiple fields to uncover the hidden stories that define Iowa.

Don’t miss this interactive, four-part online series exploring the University of Iowa’s widespread impact.

Breaking Barriers: Arts, Athletics, and Medicine...

Please join us at the Englert Theater for a reading, Q/A, and book signing with Lan Samantha Chang to celebrate the release of her new book The Family Chao. 

This event is FREE and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

**The Engert Theater requires all patrons to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination**

Bestselling author Jane Kwok says of the book, "Lan Samantha Chang’s The Family Chao is a modern-day Brothers Karamazov, a gorgeous and gripping literary...

The Writers' Workshop presents a Q & A session with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Carl Phillips.

Carl Phillips is the author of 14 books of poetry, most recently Wild Is the Wind (FSG, 2018). His first book, In the Blood, won the 1992 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize and was heralded as the work of an outstanding newcomer in the field of contemporary poetry. Other books include The Tether, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and Double Shadow, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize....