Grinnell College Authors and Artists

Marshal Poe ’84 talks with Professor Emeritus Sandy Moffett about how he got to Grinnell, his experience with Grinnell students, and his extensive work preserving Iowa‘s tallgrass prairie, as well as his new book. An Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

In Anthropological Lives, French and co-author Virginia R. Dominguez introduce readers to what it is like to be a professional anthropologist. An Authors and Artists Podcast Episode

In this Authors and Artists podcast episode, Grant Faulkner ’87 talks about National Novel Writing Month, 100 Word Story, and his book of short stories, “All the Comfort Sin Can Provide.”

In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai's latest collection explores multicultural complexities through lenses of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality. An Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

In “Athena Itonia: Geography and Meaning of an Ancient Greek War Goddess,” Lalonde offers a comparative study of the social, political, and military aspects of the cult of Athena Itonia and its propagation through ancient Greece. An Authors and Artists podcast episode.

Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms often treated as static and predictable in this Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

Jillian Peterson '03 her new book, which examines the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and is an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these tragedies in this Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

Joe Mileti talks about how math is not what you think it is in this Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

Jin Feng discusses her new book and its wide-ranging exploration of cities in the Lower Yangzi Delta illustrates how people preserve culinary inheritance while also revamping it for the new millennium.in this Authors and Artists Podcast episode.

Tony Perlman's new book explores the historical, spiritual, and social roots of ceremonial action, which he discusses in this Authors and Artists Podcast episode.