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Iowa City: Little town, big on writing

The University of Iowa’s longtime renown and excellence in creative writing contribute to city’s international reputation as a writer’s haven.

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The First and Best Home for Writers

The First and Best Home for Writers is a multimedia overview that focuses on several writing students with a range of backgrounds and disciplines.

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Writing Across Disciplines

Iowa’s unmatched writing-related resources prepare its graduates for success in many fields.

News Highlights

5Q Interview: Stephen J. Dinsmore, UI Press Author of 'Iowa's Changing Wildlife'

Featured Archive: Daniyal Mueenuddin reading, Live from Prairie Lights, January 21, 2010

Writers' Workshop graduate Justin Torres wins the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

Congrats to Iowa Writers' Workshop alums Justin Torres, winner of the National Book Award for fiction, and Paul Harding, fiction finalist

5Q Interview: Samsun Knight, UI Press Author of 'The Diver'

Featured Archive: 'Time and Distance Overcome' by Eula Biss, from The Iowa Review, 2008

The Daily Iowan named national Newspaper, Online and Multiplatform Pacemaker winners by the Associated Collegiate Press

5Q Interview: Thomas A. Dodson, UI Press Author of 'No Use Pretending'

5Q Interview: Tzveta Sofronieva, IWP Resident

Writing University Features

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5Q Interview: Margo Skornia, MFA Candidate, Department of Theatre Arts, Dramaturgy

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Featured Archive: Andrew Martin in conversation with Brandon Taylor, Live from Prairie Lights, July 23, 2020

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5Q Interview: Natalie Muglia, editor-in-chief of Wilder Things

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5Q Interview: Christopher Lysik, Playwrights Workshop

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5Q Interview: Clay Scofield, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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Featured Archive: Eavan Boland and Kevin Casey reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore, 1979

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Featured Archive: Jo Ann Beard and Melissa Febos reading, Live from Prairie Lights, March 26, 2021

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5Q Interview: Logan Hoffman-Smith, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: A. J. Bermudez, UI Press author

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5Q Interview: Jacquelyn Bengfort, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: Drew Bratcher, UI Press Author

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5Q Interview: Mashiul Alam মশিউল আলম, IWP Resident

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5Q Interview: Qi Jin Nian七堇年, IWP Resident

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5Q Interview: Josephine Geiger-Lee, Noelle Franzone, and Hannah Cargo, editors of 'snapshots'

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5Q Interview: Camille Socarras, Associate Director IYWP

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5Q Interview: Almudena RAMÍREZ-PANTANELLA, IWP Resident

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5Q Interview: 강병융 KANG Byoung Yoong, IWP Resident

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5Q Interview: John T. Price, UI Press Author

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5Q Interview: Arianne Zwartjes, UI Press Author

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5Q Interview: Emily Pérez, UI Press Author