Reading at Prairie Lights Bookstore

Iowa MFA graduate Jonathan Gleason will read from his debut essay collection, Field Guide to Falling Ill, and will be joined in conversation with Sarah Minor. Described by Publishers Weekly as "Enlightening and beautifully written," Field Guide to Falling Ill is also praised by former Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program professor Kerry Howley as "[A] well wrought and consistently surprising collection from an unexpected narrator" and by bestselling author and current NWP professor Melissa Febos as: "A stunning debut...Gleason renders the many vulnerabilities of the body with exquisite prose and probing intelligence."

Jonathan Gleason is a writer, instructor, medical interpreter, and recent graduate of the University of Iowa's MFA program in creative writing. His manuscript Field Guide to Falling Ill is the winner of the inaugural Yale Nonfiction Book Prize. He was also a recipient of a 2023 grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation, and a 2024 finalist for the 2024…