Candice Wuehle will read from her new novel, Ultranatural. The University of Iowa Press describes it as: "Part pop elegy, part horror story, part radical reimagining of female celebrity...Ultranatural autotunes the static of fame until it sounds like prophecy." Anna Dorn, author of Perfume and Pain, praises Ultranatural as "Candice Wuehle’s sharp, surreal telling of a body turned brand, and the girl trapped beneath it," while E. K. Sathue, author of Youthjuice, says: "Ultranatural skewers fame...

Canadian artist, filmmaker, and environmentalist Sandra Sawatzky will be in Iowa City to speak about her monumental 220-foot, hand-embroidered narrative, The Black Gold Tapestry, currently on view at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Sawatzky will share details of the nine-year process behind the creation this intricate masterpiece that traces the global history of oil. UI faculty members, Hope Tucker (Associate Professor, Cinematic Arts) and R. Tyler Priest (Associate Professor, History) will join...