Writers in Conversation features one established and one emerging writer to talk about the joys and travails of their writing journeys. Creative writing professor Nick Salestrom moderates the conversation followed by readings from the guest writers. On June 19, 2025, we welcome Liz Kay and Dillon Walker. The evening is sure to both please and educate, not to mention inspire!

Liz Kay holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska, where she received an Academy of American Poets Prize and the Wendy Fort Foundation Prize for exemplary work in poetry. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals She is the author of the Something to Help Me Sleep {dancing girl press}, The Witch Tells The Story And Makes It True (Quarter Press), Monsters: A Love Story (G. P. Putnam’s Sons), and Fallout (Red Hen Press, forthcoming).
Dillon Walker is an aspiring young writer & songwriter living in Lincoln, Nebraska. His writing can be found in Laurus & Illuminations, the undergraduate literary journals at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Southeast Community College, respectfully. His poetry has also been published by Humans of the World and by Allegory Ridge, and he has a debut single Summit Girl available on streaming services.

This is a free event with no registration required. Social Time begins at 6:00pm CST, and the conversation runs from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Please join us.