Novels let you have conversations because they give you space — hundreds of pages — to sit with competing ideas, to see them ...

River Arts Studio, 590 Water St., Prairie du Sac, will host “Writing on Rivers” with Matthew Duffy from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 18. Register by Wednesday at riverartsinc.org/writing-matthew.

For nearly a century, the University of Iowa has been shaping some of the most influential voices in literature through its ...