International Writing Program

She is the author of the short story collection, The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals.

She is ... has been a teacher for 35 years and taught writing and literature at secondary level, as well as at her alma maters, the International Writing Program at Iowa State University and other campuses.

She's the founder of the Warm Words Project, a homeless and domestic violence outreach initiative.

She's with us on The Book Show to talk about her debut novel, Precious Ugly.

Lionel Ruffel is a French literary scholar, a publisher in Paris, and a professor of comparative literature and creative writing at a university in Paris.

He's in Iowa this fall as a resident of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program.

I spoke with him yesterday.

Lionel Ruffel, welcome to River to River.

Uh, we spoke, Lionel, at the-

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... welcoming party of the International Writing Program.

Well, that was back in late August.