Writers’ Workshop graduates Daniel Poppick and Jessica Laser will read from their work.

Jessica Laser will read from Sergei Kuzmich from All Sides, published by Letter Machine Editions. 

“Finally an oracle with a gorgeous sense of humor. Jessica Laser's vision is singular, her voice at once formidable and intimate. Its impeccable wit imparts a bracing metaphysics” —Margaret Ross.  Laser is also the author of two chapbooks. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she is currently a PhD...

Be sure to join us for the next Write Nite as we welcome a very special guest guide! Our Write Nite events are usually a self-guided experience through our galleries after hours, but the next one will feature the award winning author and Iowa Writers' Workshop grad, Nora Claire Miller. 

Nora will lead a generative found poetry workshop. The Museum of Natural History is full of...

Writers’ Workshop graduate and co-founder of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio Cara Wall will read from and talk about her new novel, The Dearly Beloved.  "God and literary fiction don't always get along; perhaps that's why Cara Wall's The Dearly Beloved, a thoughtful debut that follows the lives of two ministers and their wives, feels so galvanizing. Its four characters get equal voice--Charles, son of a rigid academic; Lily, orphaned as a child; James, born into family hardship; Nan, a well...

Christopher Kondrich and Lauren Haldeman will read from their collections of poetry.

Christopher Kondrich will read from Valuing, which was selected by Jericho Brown as a winner of the National Poetry Series. “In Valuing Christopher Kondrich fashions startling, arresting images and fabulous metaphors that are all the more startling, arresting, and fabulous because they're so functional to the overflowing reality and profundity of his poems. He has an excellent mind accompanied by an exuberant...