Dana Levin, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Shawna Kay Rodenberg

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND LIVE STREAMING | Dana Levin, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Shawna Kay Rodenberg will read from their recent books as part of the Writers Reading series.

Dana Levin is the author of five books of poetry, including Now Do You Know Where You Are (Copper Canyon), a 2022 New York Times Notable Book. She co-edited Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master (Unsung Masters Series, 2023). A grateful recipient of honors from the NEA, PEN, the Library of Congress, as well as from the Whiting and Guggenheim Foundations, Levin serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University.

Bruna Dantas Lobato (BA ’15) is a writer and translator. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Guernica, A Public Space, The Dial, and The Common. She was awarded the 2023 National Book Award in Translated Literature for The Words that Remain by Stênio Gardel. Originally from Natal, Brazil, she lives in Iowa and teaches at Grinnell College. Her debut novel, Blue Light Hours, is out now from Grove Atlantic.

Shawna Kay Rodenberg is the author of the memoir Kin. She has been the recipient of a Jean Ritchie Fellowship and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and her essays have appeared in Salon, The Village Voice, and Elle.