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5Q Interview: Leigh M. Marshall, MFA Candidate Iowa Playwrights Workshop
Monday, May 7, 2018
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5Q Interview: Micah Fields, Nonfiction Writing Program
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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5Q Interview: Sara Miner, UI English Major
Monday, January 8, 2018
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5Q Interview: Eilidh Spery, UI English Major
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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5Q Interview: Austin Hughes, Creative Writing Major
Monday, November 27, 2017
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5Q Interview: Doyoon Kim 김도윤, 2017 IWP Resident
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
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5Q Interview: Lava Omar Darwesh
Thursday, November 2, 2017
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5Q Interview: Okky Madasari (Indonesia) 2017 IWP resident
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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5Q Interview: Anne Kennedy (New Zealand) 2017 IWP Resident
Friday, October 6, 2017
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5Q Interview: Subraj Singh (Guyana) 2017 IWP resident
Thursday, October 5, 2017