Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of the Rocky Flats

Dr. Kristen Iversen is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati, where she is a fellow at the Taft Humanities Center and serves as literary nonfiction editor of The Cincinnati Review. Dr. Iversen is the author of three books, including the award-winning Full Body Burden. Her lecture will discuss writing strategies about her childhood in the Rockies. Dr. Iversen will also host a craft talk at 2:10pm in Ross 212. As part of the Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series, she will talk about research, art, ethics, and aesthetics in creative non-fiction.