Join us for a special Book Matters celebrating acclaimed author Jamel Brinkley, recipient of a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2022-2023 Rome Prize in Literature.

Provost Kevin Kregel will recognize Brinkley for his external awards. Brinkley will read a selection from his work and then join Stephen Lovely, novelist and director of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, for conversation and audience Q&A.

“Jamel Brinkley is one of the best story writers we have…Read everything this man writes, and know the world anew.”

—Justin Torres, author of We the Animals

This Book Matters event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research, and Prairie Lights. Light refreshments will follow the event.