National Book Award Finalist Jamel Brinkley will read from A Lucky Man: Stories. "Each story is a trenchant exploration of race and class, vividly conveying the tension between social codes of masculinity and the vulnerable, volatile self."—The New Yorker

Jamel Brinkley's stories have appeared in A Public Space, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has been a Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellow.

Iowa City native Colin Hamilton will read from his elegantly woven narrative of life and literature,  The Thirteenth Month.  “The Thirteenth Month is a multiverse of mirrors and infinite texts spanning the inevitable labyrinth that exists between a young man’s books and his reality. It belongs in the company of Borges, Pessoa and Schulz, the very writers Hamilton admires, all the while cleverly disguised as an Iowan’s bildungsroman.”  —Elizabeth McKenzie

Colin Hamilton grew up in Iowa City and...

Iowa City’s Andre Perry will read from his new collection of essays published by Two Dollar Radio, Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now.  He will be joined in conversation by Tameka Cage Conley. Named a "Most Anticipated Book of 2019"  by LitReactor, The A.V. Club, and Big Other, Foreword Reviews declares "Andre Perry is a fresh American voice that demands to be heard." 

Perry’s debut collection of personal essays travels from Washington, DC, to Iowa City to Hong Kong in search of both individual and...

Ben Mauk will give a brief talk about pitching to magazines and building a freelance career, followed by a question and answer session, at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, November 14 in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the UI Glenn Schaeffer Library.

Ben Mauk is a Berlin-based writer. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Magazine, and the London Review of Books, among many other publications. He was a finalist for the 2018 National Magazine Award for feature writing. He is a graduate of...