The Writer Next Door Reading Series with Lynne Nugent and Lauren Haldeman

The Writer Next Door Reading Series

Iowa is unique in its high concentration of writers of every stripe: investigative journalists, poets and novelists, spoken word artits, playwrights and children's book authors. This limited seating reading series offers a chance to say "hello" to your neighbor writers, and to hear them read from and talk about their newest work. Join us  throughout the year as each member of the Porch Light team hosts their favorite "writer next door."

For this summer's installment we have a twofer!

is Editor of . Her chapbook of essays on motherhood and domesticity, , won the 2019 Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award and was published by in 2020. Her writing has appeared in the , , the , , , and elsewhere. Her essay “The Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card” was named a Notable Essay in and her essay “My Grief Is a Student of the Humanities” was runner-up for ‘s Fineline prize. She holds an MFA …