David Coster will read from Even So: Stories from an Overpopulated Farmhouse,  published by Ice Cube Press.  He will be joined in conversation by Ralph Savarese. “Even So is a rich, loving, and irreverent description of a chaotic and resilient family: both a snapshot of a quickly receding past and a celebration of a family that both splinters and regenerates over time. This is a dazzling, spellbinding book, as heart-wrenching as it is uplifting and whimsical. A must-read.”—Douglas Trevor

David Coster is a surgeon who just retired from a thirty-one-year career in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care in the town of Grinnell, Iowa. He received his bachelor’s degree in Biology/Chemistry with a concentration in Theology from Evangel College in 1981, his doctorate in Medicine from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1986, and his certification in General Surgery from Iowa Methodist Medical Center in 1991. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an alum of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Summer Program. He has three sons and is married to Kevin Kopelson.

He will be joined in conversation by Ralph Savarese, author of five books including Reasonable People and See It Feelingly.