Writers’ Workshop graduate Sarah Elaine Smith will read from her new novel, Marilou is Everywhere.  “Marilou is Everywhere is one of the most exquisitely written books I’ve read in a long time. Page after page I was struck by lines so unbearably beautiful and wise that by the final sentence I’d underlined most of the book. That she manages to do this while also telling a firecracker of a story about what happens when 14 year old Cindy slips into the life of the missing girl next door proves...

The IWP and UI MFA writing programs take over the 2nd floor of Prairie Lights – grab a glass of wine or a fancy soda and settle in for an hour of highlights from three of the writers' best works!

Efe DUYAN (poetry, translation; architecture; Turkey) teaches architectural history and theory at Mimar Sinan Arts University. He has authored three poetry collections, most recently Sıkça sorulan sorular [Frequently Asked Questions] (2016), and publishes academic work on space in architecture and...

Join editor Harry Stecopoulos for a reading from current and forthcoming issues of The Iowa Review. Poets Ray Young Bear, Jane Huffman, and Justin Cox will read. A celebratory reception will conclude the evening.

Ray Young Bear, Meskwaki (Red Earth People) tribal member, lives with his family in central Iowa. In 2015, Manifestation Wolverine: The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear, was published by Open Road Media.  His latest poems were featured in The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, and Native...

Writers' Workshop graduate De'Shawn Charles Winslow will read from his new novel, In West Mills. Set in an African American community in rural North Carolina from 1941 to 1987, In West Mills is "A bighearted novel about family, migration, and the unbearable difficulties of love. Here's a cast of characters you won't soon forget." —Ayana Mathis

De'Shawn Charles Winslow was born and raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He is a 2017 graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and holds a BFA in...