Professor Kristen Iversen introduces her upcoming biography of #NikolaTesla titled “Friends and Faithful Strangers - Nikola Tesla and the Guilded Age” at #TeslaSpiritAwardConference at The New Yorker Hotel

Thrilled to be teaching with the Macondo Writers Workshop in July: "Landscapes, Borderscapes, and Truth in Storytelling," with an emphasis on Environmental Writing. Class is small with lots of individual attention. Register now to ensure a spot. macondowriters.com/workshop/

My smart, goofy, handsome valentine.

The deadline looms! February 20th is the last day to register for my upcoming literary nonfiction workshop with Macondo, July 26-30. This is a virtual workshop. Small class, lots of personal attention. macondowriters.com

Join me and a panel of experts on Sat, April 23, for a webinar on Rocky Flats hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility and The Colorado Medical Society. Open to the public, and continuing education credit available. Registration now open.

Sometimes it takes the world five years to catch up with you... In 2017, I co-wrote a powerful warning about the future impacts of unshackling the nuclear taboo - with brilliant Kristen Iversen Dr Mwenza Thandiwe Blell @stephmalin_soc & Dr Kathleen Sullivan in The Guardian theguardian.com/science/brain-…

AWP special! Ohio State University Press is offering a 40% discount on DON'T LOOK NOW. Check out your favorite literary nonfiction writers (including me:-))! Discount is good through April 30th. Enter OSUAWP at checkout. ohiostatepress.org/books/exhibits…

Join us for this very important one-day seminar on Rocky Flats. A great lineup of speakers, sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility. This is free and open to the public, but you can also earn CME credits. psrcolorado.org/symposium-on-r…

Staff news! For the 2022-23 academic year, while Literary Nonfiction Editor Kristen Iversen is on sabbatical, Jerald Walker will serve as guest editor. He'll see the top essays from our May submission period, so send your work in now! (1/4)

1919: One of my favorite Letters to the Editor by Nikola Tesla.

Relaxing with the neighbors on a Sunday afternoon.

I'm thrilled to be teaching this week at the Macondo Writers Workshop, with my dear friends and colleagues Amelia ML Montes and Sandra Cisneros, and all the other wonderful writers, teachers, and activists. #macondowritersworkshop

We had a terrific weekend with family and friends to celebrate my son’s graduation from University of Denver (master’s in cybersecurity!). It’s just so great to be able to gather in person. I feel blessed. Now, Monday morning, back to work!

THRILLED to announce that retired FBI agent Jon Lipsky (who led the raid on Rocky Flats) will join us for keynote and panel, "The Nuclear Legacy of Rocky Flats," Apr. 4, 6-8 PM at Regis University. Free and open to the public! Register here: regis.edu/academics/coll…

We have an incredible lineup of panelists for the Apr. 4th event at Regis University in Denver. Learn the history of Rocky Flats and why it is such a crucial story to the present day. Join us afterwards for a reception where you can meet all the panelists.

We had a great event at Regis! Full house, terrific panel, great discussions (I'll post a link shortly). Thanks to my brilliant panelists and all who came forward with their questions, stories, and concerns for the environment, public health, and nuclear weapons development.

April 28, 2023 is the 45th anniversary of the massive protests that alerted the public to the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant and its dangers. Help us celebrate in person or on Zoom on Saturday, April 29, 1-5 PM MT. Email Evan Freirich [email protected] for details.

This week on Substack I take a look at ethics and aesthetics in writing, through the lens of the grocery store! Next: A cool update on what's happening with the documentary Full Body Burden. kristeniversen.substack.com

I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/232997…

This week on Substack I tell the story of the FBI agent who led the raid on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, the first time in US history that two government agencies, the FBI and the EPA, have ever raided another government agency, the DOE. kristeniversen.substack.com/p/a-fearless-f…