Minnesota-based writer Loretta Ellsworth will read from her newest novel, The French Winemaker's Daughter, and will be joined in conversation by Iowa City-based writer, Katie Runde. Set during World War II, The French Winemaker's Daughter is described by its publisher, Haprper Paperbacks, as "an unforgettable historical novel about love, war, family, and loyalty told in in the voices...

Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Abby Geni will read from her newest short story collection, The Body Farm. Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch of The Chicago Review of Books calls The Body Farm "a gripping collection of stories that take an empathetic and unflinching look at the horrors and joys of inhabiting our bodies" and goes on to praise it as...