Writers’ Workshop graduate Andy Douglas will read from his memoir, "The Curve of the World," the story of his seven-year odyssey in Asia as a yogic monk, at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
Robin Hemley’s memoir goes beyond a remembrance for a sibling consumed by a passion for finding and understanding God; it's also a quest to understand what people choose to reveal and conceal, and an examination of the enormous toll mental illness takes on a family. The book is finding new life via the University of Iowa Press. Story
"The Mythical Bill: A Neurological Memoir" by Jody McAuliffe is now available from the University of Iowa Press. Part medical mystery, part war story, and part social and family history, the book is the story of how one man’s physical and mental pain radiates outward into the life and mind of each member of his family. Story
Author and humorist Julia Pandl will read from "Memoir of the Sunday Brunch," her debut book, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
Atina Diffley of Organic Farm Works will read from the memoir 'Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works' at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in Prairie Lights Books. Story
In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau by Paul Lindholdt, published by the University of Iowa Press, is the winner of the Washington State Book Award for biography/memoir.
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University of Iowa psychiatry emeritus Arthur Canter kept his World War II duties as a voice interceptor a secret for more than 50 years. A paid subscription is required to read this story.
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The Farm at Holstein Dip: An Iowa Boyhood by Carroll Englehardt will be available Aug. 15, from the Bur Oak Books series of the University of Iowa Press. Story
Local author Martin Robillard will read from Damaged From The Inside Out: Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23, in Prairie Lights Books and through a live stream on the Writing University website of the University of Iowa. Story
