Iowa City Book Festival

Writers' Workshop graduate Max Allan Collins will read from Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Battle for Chicago

Max Allan Collins is a frequent Mystery Writers of America “Edgar” nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented 18 Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away. His graphic novel Road to Perdition (1998) is the basis of...

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Writers' Workshop graduate Rick Harsch will read from his new novel, “Voices After Evelyn”

Rick Harsch appeared on the American literary scene in 1997 with the cult classic The Driftless Zone, followed by Billy Verite and Sleep of the Aborigines (all Steerforth Press) to form The Driftless Trilogy. Born and bred in the Midwest, Harsch received degrees in sociology and history from UW La Crosse, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He migrated to the Slovene...

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Dina Nayeri has been named the seventh recipient of the Paul Engle Prize, presented by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization.

The prize, established in 2011, honors an individual who, like Paul Engle, represents a pioneering spirit in the world of literature through writing, editing, publishing, or teaching, and whose active participation in the larger issues of the day has contributed to the betterment of the world through the literary arts.

Nayeri will...

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 Poets Jane Gregory, Emily Sieu Liebowitz, and Anastacia-Reneé will read from their recent work.

Writers’ Workshop graduate Jane Gregory will read from her new collection Yeah No. Gregory is also the author of the poetry collection My Enemies, and is co-founder and co-editor of Nion Editions, a chapbook press. She lives in Oakland.     

Writers’ Workshop graduate Emily Sieu Liebowitz will read from National Park. Liebowitz is also the author of the chapbook In Any Map...