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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.

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News Highlights


News Highlights

5Q Interview: Anna Davtyan Աննա Դավթյան, IWP Resident

UI Professor Kaveh Akbar's Novel "Martyr!" on Obama's Summer Reading List

UI Translation Program Alum in the New York Times

Ethan Hawke joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Show & took a moment to celebrate the excellence of The Iowa Writers' Workshop, where Flannery O'Connor studied in the 1940s.

Two UI faculty members, Kaveh Akbar (English) and Jamel Brinkley (Iowa Writers' Workshop) received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

Congratulations to Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang & alumni, Michelle Huneven and Elizabeth McCracken, 2024 Literature Award winners!

Director of the English and Creative Writing Major Kaveh Akbar in the NYTimes

Not sure what book to dive into next? Here is a shortlist of titles released in 2023 by University of Iowa grads, including the latest winner of the National Book Award for Fiction

University of Iowa English Professor Ed Folsom receives an honorary doctorate from TU Dortmund

Translation Workshop celebrates 60 years and looks at what’s next

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

Thursday, November 16, 2023

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

Thursday, November 16, 2023
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5Q Interview: Samsun Knight, UI Press Author of 'The Diver'

Friday, November 10, 2023
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Featured Archive: 'Time and Distance Overcome' by Eula Biss, from The Iowa Review, 2008

Monday, November 6, 2023

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

Sunday, November 5, 2023
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 1, Part 1: Dave Kajganich + Vinnie Wilhelm

Monday, October 23, 2023
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5Q Interview: Thomas A. Dodson, UI Press Author of 'No Use Pretending'

Monday, October 23, 2023
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5Q Interview: Tzveta Sofronieva, IWP Resident

Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Episode 3: Louisa Hall, author of Reproduction

Thursday, October 19, 2023
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5Q Interview: Li Kotomi 李琴峰, IWP Resident

Wednesday, October 11, 2023