Need a Summer Read? Check Out New Books by These Iowa Authors
Witness
by Jamel Brinkley (15MFA)
Macmillan, available Aug. 1
The National Book Award finalist’s latest short story collection explores what it means to bear witness and take action through its characters’ experiences of love, loneliness, and kindness in contemporary New York.
Romantic Comedy: A Novel
by Curtis Sittenfeld (01MFA)
Penguin Random House
Sittenfeld offers a hilarious and clever observation on modern romance through the story of a comedy writer who has sworn off love and the charming pop star who challenges her every assumption.
The Sorrows of Others
by Ada Zhang (20MFA)
A Public Space
In this debut collection set in China and America, Zhang examines the experience of being an outsider—in new places, with new people, and even among family.
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