Tonight! Friday, 11/7 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Sara Gilmore and Alicia Wright will read from their poetry collections, 'The Green Lives', and 'You're Called by the Same Sound' events.uiowa.edu/event/33002/

"From Oklahoma to outer space: author Eliana Ramage on history, heritage and her debut novel," interview on Nashville's local news and NPR station | WPLN wpln.org/post/from-ok...

Rising Like the Drowned: A tribute to Denis Johnson—writer, teacher, friend | The First Person with Michael Judge [substack] michaeljudge.substack.com/p/rising-lik...

Curtis Sittenfeld with fellow author, Edy Poppy in St. Paul, MN on November 8th twincitiesbookfestival.com/edy-poppy-an...

Poetry we missed this past September: “March” by Christine Byrne | 'The Missouri Review' missourireview.com/byrne/

Okwudili Nebeolisa teaching a Poetry Society of New York free verse workshop on Nov 11 from 7pm to 8:15pm EST via NY www.eventbrite.com/e/psny-lgbtq...

Recording of Eliana Ramage's and fellow author, Vanessa Lillie's recent livestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Rp...

Poetry by Hannah Piette, "Uncle Vanya," "Hannah Daughter," and "Screen Memory," in the 'Cleveland Review of Books' clereviewofbooks.com/three-poems-2/

Laurel Snyder in Decatur, GA on December 7th littleshopofstories.com/event/2025-1...

Recent visiting faculty member Hai-Dang Phan in Austin, TX on November 11 calendar.utexas.edu/event/vetera...

Congratulations to Ben Shattuck, awarded the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his collection of stories, 'The History of Sound' marktwainaward.org/2025-winner www.boston.com/culture/movi...

"An Overwhelming Treasure Trove of Writings by Kurt Vonnegut – An Interview with Isabel Planton" [Public Services Librarian at the Lilly Library, Indiana University] | The Daily Vonnegut blog thedailyvonnegut.com/an-overwhelm...

@iowawriterswksp.bsky.social @wnpld.bsky.social The Winnetka Public salutes Workshop grads with its November display. 🦃 🍁 🍂 #booksky 💙📚💙

Thursday! November 6th, at 7pm in Prairie Lights bookstore, Emily Wilson will read from her newest poetry collection, 'Burnt Mountain' events.uiowa.edu/event/34718

Kaethe Schwehn in Decorah, IA on November 12 dragonflybooks.com/events/36176...

"Flannery O’Connor’s artistic visions" | 'America' The Jesuit Review www.americamagazine.org/art/2025/10/...

"The World According to John Irving" | 'The New York Times' www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...

Vilcek Foundation on Instagram #ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek highlighting writer Yaa Gyasi, 2020 Vilcek Prizewinner for Creative Promise in Literature www.instagram.com/reel/DQpgyLr...

"New England Soul," article on 2025 Greenwich Reads Together book, 'The History of Sound', and author, Ben Shattuck | Moffly Media mofflylifestylemedia.com/new-england-...

Poetry by Warren C. Longmire, "Joyride" and "A Good Beating" | Little Engines www.littleengines.pub/p/joyride-an...

Ask the Author: "AI, homogeny, and bebop with Warren Longmire" | 'The Daily Iowan' student newspaper dailyiowan.com/2025/10/21/a...

Tonight, November 5th at 6 p.m. ET in Charlotte, NC, book launch for Ellen Boyette's debut poetry collection, 'Local Virgin of Impression' partiful.com/e/aQjG4pzjnp...

Delaney Nolan’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Happy Bad “…music arranges the landscape into which you put your writing.” | Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/21/d...

"John Murray wins six-way auction for Sterling HolyWhiteMountain’s debut novel" | The Bookseller www.thebookseller.com/rights/john-...

m.s. RedCherries in Johnson, VT for a reading on November 6th at 8 p.m. ET vermontstudiocenter.org/calendar/msr... and craft talk on November 7th at 10 a.m. vermontstudiocenter.org/calendar/msr...

Submission Success: Poetry Editing Masterclass with Cassidy McFadzean, online via the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, November 20, from 6:30-8:30 pm CT skwriter.com/events-and-w...

Juliana Lamy teaching an online fiction course, "Monstrous Departures and Monstrous Returns," Wednesday evenings, 6 - 9 PM ET, January 7 - February 25, 2026 www.mainewriters.org/calendar/mon...

Poetry by Lia Purpura, "Intersection," "No Answer," and "Brink" in the September issue of 'Poetry' www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Poetry by Michael Dumanis, "Transfiguration" in the September issue of 'Poetry' www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Emily Wilson talks about her latest published collection of poems, titled 'Burnt Mountain', on Iowa Public Radio's 'Talk of Iowa' www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...

Congratulations to all finalists for the National Book Award, including Yiyun Li, in Nonfiction, for 'Things in Nature Merely Grow' www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...

Iowa Writer's Workshop students, william o’neal ii, Brandon De La Cruz, Hajri Aga, and Mahealani Deenik will share their work at Night Cap Listening Lounge in Burlington, IA's Capitol Theater on Friday, November 7th at 8pm www.facebook.com/nightcaplist...

"Novelist Salvatore Scibona Weighs in on Reading Woolf, Writing Fiction, and the Authority of Imagination" | St. John’s College news www.sjc.edu/news/novelis...

"Christopher Merrill stepping down after 25 years directing UI International Writing Program" | 'The Gazette' [Cedar Rapids, IA] www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Join the UI Alumni and Friends' Write Now: Hawkeye Haiku Contest and share your take on this year's theme–milestone–through a traditional 5–7–5 haiku. Celebrate an achievement, mark a special moment, or capture a memory that defines you. Entries open: Nov. 3–14 events.uiowa.edu/event/35064

Tonight! 7p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore, Stephen Haven will read from his newest poetry collection, 'The Flight from Meaning', and poet Rosa Lane will read from her newest collection, 'Called Back' events.uiowa.edu/event/34676

Tonight! 10/21 at 7p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Stephen Kuusisto will read from his third poetry collection, 'Close Escapes', and join Iowa International Writing Program director Christopher Merrill in conversation events.uiowa.edu/event/34483

Poetry by Jane Mead from the archives, "Passing a Truck Full of Chickens/at Night on Highway Eighty" | Vox Populi webspace voxpopulisphere.com/2025/09/26/j...

The University of Iowa's Young Writers' Studio offers 6-week online creative writing courses for high school students. Applications opened last month for their winter session, with a deadline of October 30 iyws.program.uiowa.edu/6-week-onlin...

Jayne Anne Phillips in Huntington, WV on October 23 www.wvnews.com/recorddelta/...

Duane and the Eggplant: A Ghost Story by Erin Ergenbright “His girlfriend ran over him with the car, then backed up and ran over him again,” Duane said. “But he was an idiot even before that.”... #Writingcommunity #essay #cnf #creativenonfiction #writers bit.ly/42jKWmS

Adams Adeosun reading in Stanford, CA on November 12 creativewriting.stanford.edu/events/stegn...

"Second and Long: Why did James Whitehead—poet, fiction writer, and onetime college football player—fail to complete a successor to his celebrated first novel?" | 'The American Scholar' theamericanscholar.org/second-and-l...

Molly McNett in DeKalb, IL on October 30 celebrating the release of 'Child of These Tears', a new historical novel calendar.niu.edu/event/molly-...

Sarah Braunstein reading in Portland, ME on October 28 www.mainewriters.org/calendar/bra...

Christine Pakkala teaching in Westport, CT, November 18- December 16 westportwriters.org/event/buildi...

"Viva la Refocus! Revolution and radical filmmaking themes ran through the Iowa City festival of adaptation" | Iowa Public Radio News www.iowapublicradio.org/arts-life/20...

Delaney Nolan in Oxford, MS on October 30, reading from her debut novel, 'Happy Bad' squarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

Cole Swensen has been named the 14th recipient of the Paul Engle Prize, presented by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization. Swensen will receive the award at a ceremony at 2 p.m. on November 16, at the Coralville Public Library www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/2025-p...

"Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time" The Author Explores How Learning Latin Helps Her Untangle History With the Present | Literary Hub lithub.com/anna-north-t...