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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: Zhang Chu 张楚, IWP Resident

5Q Interview: Okamoto Kei 岡本啓, IWP Resident

5Q Interview: Nathalie Chang, IWP Resident

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

Writing University Features

 

 

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

Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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5Q Interview: Natalie Muglia, editor-in-chief of Wilder Things

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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5Q Interview: Christopher Lysik, Playwrights Workshop

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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5Q Interview: Clay Scofield, Iowa Writers' Workshop

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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Featured Archive: Eavan Boland and Kevin Casey reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore, 1979

Friday, January 27, 2023
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Featured Archive: Jo Ann Beard and Melissa Febos reading, Live from Prairie Lights, March 26, 2021

Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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5Q Interview: Logan Hoffman-Smith, Iowa Writers' Workshop

Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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5Q Interview: Douglas Bauer, UI Press Author

Monday, November 28, 2022
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5Q Interview: A. J. Bermudez, UI Press author

Thursday, November 17, 2022
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5Q Interview: Jacquelyn Bengfort, Iowa Writers' Workshop

Wednesday, November 16, 2022