Final Thursday Reading Series • Spring 2026 • 25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON

January 29, 2026 • Daniel Umemezie & Lamya Pratchett Umemzie (2025) and Pratchett (2024) are Cedar Valley Youth Poet Laureates.

UPCOMING READINGS: February 26, 2026 • Jim O’Loughlin: This event features “Extension Cords,” short stories set in the world of O’Loughlin’s science fiction novel, The Cord, a Midwest Book Award finalist. In-person attendees will receive a free Extension Cord publication (as supplies last).

March 26, 2026 • Art Cullen: Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen is the author of the new collection, Dear Marty, We Crapped in Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World. 

April 30, 2026 • Sean Thomas Dougherty & Jeremy Schraffenberger: This event is a book release reading for Dueling Shovels, a poetry chapbook co-written by Dougherty & Schraffenberger.

Look for more info and interviews with upcoming readers at http://www.finalthursdaypress.com.