Wednesday, 12/10, 7 pm in Prairie Lights bookstore, join us as Workshop Assoc. Professor of fiction, Jamel Brinkley discusses his award-winning short stories. Provost Kevin Kregel will deliver remarks; Brinkley will read and join Stephen Lovely for a conversation and Q&A events.uiowa.edu/event/35102

Join the Ko Won Foundation in celebrating the 100th memorial birthday of Korean American poet and translator, Ko Won (1925-2008, Workshop MFA 1965), and the 55th anniversary of his publication of, 'Contemporary Korean Poetry'. | Los Angeles, CA, December 19, 11:30 a.m. at Yong Su San restaurant

Thursday! December 4 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Kevin Moffett will read from his longlisted National Book Award debut novel, 'Only Son', and be joined in conversation by Matthew Vollmer events.uiowa.edu/event/35190

Flash fiction by Carol M. Quinn: "Clean" | via Lost Balloon lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...

Blog interview with Tim Brady: "History Happy Hour Episode 275: Saving the Jews of Denmark" historyhappyhour.com/blog/history...

Poetry by KB Kinkel, "LOSS [AMBIGUOUS]" | via 'The Paddock Review' [from the award-winning chapbook 'Blood Machine' by KB Kinkel “2025 Open Chapbook Competition winner” (Finishing Line Press)] paddockreview.com/2025/11/19/a...

Naomi Kim Eagleson on The Four Phases of Book Editing | on Talking Book Publishing podcast talkingbookpublishing.today/season-5-epi...

Angela Flournoy in Baltimore, MD on February 7th calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/booklo...

Dan Wriggins in Asheville, NC on February 1st with band, Friendship w/ Natalie Jane Hill www.thegreyeagle.com/event/friend...

Belated congratulations to Jessica Laser for 'The Goner School,' longlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize earlier this year griffinpoetryprize.com/poet/jessica...

Three Poems by Hannah Piette: "Uncle Vanya," "Hannah Daughter," and "Screen Memory" | via 'Cleveland Review of Books' website clereviewofbooks.com/three-poems-2/

Pepper Coast Library Project fundraiser organized by Workshop alum, Jeremy Teddy Karn, "to establish free, modern reading rooms in and around Monrovia [Liberia] where children and students can access books, discover literature, and grow their imaginations" www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Three Poems by Mathilde Merouani: "Plaque on Bench," "Absorbed," and "Against Your Ghost" | 'River Styx' online www.riverstyx.org/poetry/mathi...

Poetry by Ted Mathys, "Wolf Lichen" | 'North American Review' northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...

"Lee Cole Bonus - how Lee found old books at his grandparents to build his characters and worlds" | Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers podcast ripplingpages.podbean.com/e/lee-cole-b...

"Lee Cole on the ethics of writing about home, and the people who stay and leave small towns" | Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers podcast ripplingpages.podbean.com/e/lee-cole/

Poetry by Stella Wong, "Inference," | 'Split Lip Magazine' splitlipthemag.com/poetry/1125/...

"Story, Culture & the Common Good with Marilynne Robinson" The Trinity Forum podcast from last August ttf.org/podcasts/epi...

"Jen Percy on the Subversive Possibilities of Structure" When Form Follows Function | Literary Hub lithub.com/jen-percy-on...

Andrew Ridker, teaching a 9-week workshop in Brooklyn, NY, January 7 to March 4 www.andrewridker.com/prospect-wri...

"Battered Heart" | Poetry Foundation article on Ted Geltner's 'Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures', a new biography of Denis Johnson (University of Iowa Press, 2025) www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/174...

"Former Iowa Writers’ Workshop professor, poet wins 2025 Paul Engle Prize from Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature" | 'The Gazette' [Cedar Rapids, IA] www.thegazette.com/people-place...

Tuesday! November 18 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Othuke Umukoro will read from his debut poetry collection, 'Fenestration' in conversation with Reyumeh Ejue events.uiowa.edu/event/35188/

Tonight! 11/17 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Jen Percy will read from 'Girls Play Dead', joined in conversation by Kerry Howley events.uiowa.edu/event/35042

Today! At 12:30 p.m. in the front foyer at Dey House, Cole Swensen, poet, former Workshop faculty member and recipient, this past weekend, of the Paul Engle Prize, will visit to chat and answer questions

Saturday! 11/15 at 4 p.m., Shane McCrae will read in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House events.uiowa.edu/event/35167

Thursday! 11/13, 5:30 p.m. at Prairie Lights bookstore, Mic Check Poetry Fest will host a moderated discussion between three poetry performance artists: Workshop Professor of Poetry, Tracie Morris; MFA candidate, Warren C. Longmire; and Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey events.uiowa.edu/event/35041

Thursday! 11/13 at 7 p.m., U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford, Writer of 'Jarhead', will speak in the R. Wayne Richey Ballroom at the Iowa Memorial Union events.uiowa.edu/event/34897

Tonight! Monday, 11/10 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Writers' Workshop graduate Delaney Nolan will read from her new novel, 'Happy Bad', joined in conversation by University of Iowa Associate Professor of Fiction, Jamel Brinkley events.uiowa.edu/event/35040

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...