Jennifer Croft – The Extinction of Irena Rey

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Jennifer Croft won the Man Booker International Prize for her translation from Polish of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. She is the author of Homesick, a Saroyan Prize winner, and numerous pieces

Panel Discussion: Writing on Film

Iowa City Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

A discussion on film criticism and writing, featuring accomplished film writers Jonathan Rosenbaum (Chicago Reader) and Marya E. Gates (RogerEbert.com) moderated by Ariana Martinez of Little Village.  

Elizabeth Willis – Liontaming in America

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Elizabeth Willis is the author of Liontaming in America (New Directions, 2024), a hybrid work engaged with American belief and relationship structures, theatre, activism, and film. The collection is on the

Jarod K. Anderson – Something in the Woods Loves You

Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

Sometimes in life, you find yourself lost in an utterly dark place. When poet and author Jarod K. Anderson found himself trapped by a deep and lonely depression, he turned to the woods, literally. In his new book, Something in the Woods Loves You, Anderson explores

Willy Vlautin – The Horse

Iowa City Masonic Building 312 E College St, Iowa City, IA

Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Willy Vlautin is the author of six novels and is the founder of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. Vlautin started writing stories

Panel Discussion: Politics

Iowa City Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

In this panel, writers will discuss how the current political landscape affects their work and the role politics plays in their writing. Featuring: Hatice Açıkgöz (International Writing Program), Ari Berman,

Forrest Gander – Mojave Ghost

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

A novel-poem taking us to the Pulitzer-prize winning poet Forrest Gander's birthplace in the Mojave Desert and his current northern California home, where tumultuous memories coalesce with the present. Mojave

James Fitzmaurice – Hobgoblin Gennel

Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA

Join author James Fitzmaurice for a conversation about his new young adult novel, Hobgoblin Gennel. In this off-beat tale of adventure, teenagers Irie and Fred are fast friends. Irie, of

Chris Offutt – Code of the Hills

Iowa City Masonic Building 312 E College St, Iowa City, IA

With his signature crackling prose, literary master Chris Offutt has staked out his own territory in crime fiction, a place of familial allegiances, old wounds, and revenge—the code of the