Derek (DK) Nnuro will read from his debut novel, What Napoleon Could Not Do, followed by a conversation with esteemed poet and educator Tameka Cage Conley about the book and its themes.

What Napoleon Could Not Do is a gripping novel in which America is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa. 

Derek (DK) Nnuro is a Ghanaian-born writer and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught novel writing at the University of Iowa and...

Writers’ Workshop graduate and author of the best-selling novel, Ohio, Stephen Markley will read from his new novel, The Deluge. "This is a stunning achievement that may earn a place among dystopian and apocalyptic classics like 1984 and On the Beach. And perhaps most of all, it’s an unflinching and utterly compelling call to action to prevent an all-too-possible future."—Library Journal

Stephen Markley is the acclaimed author of Ohio, the memoir Publish This Book and the travelogue Tales of...

The Writers' Workshop presents a craft talk with Kevin Brockmeier.

In addition to his latest book, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories, Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer; the children’s novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery; and a memoir of his seventh-grade year called A Few Seconds of Radiant...

With Emmys under his belt, Rick Cleveland (95BA) will join Hawkeyes for a virtual conversation about his life after Iowa and how he’s made a name for himself in Hollywood.

In the next Chat From the Old Cap, Cleveland will talk about his success as a writer on critically acclaimed shows, like The West Wing, Six Feet Under, and House of Cards.

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