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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!

Writing University Features

 

 

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5Q Interview: Gleisson Alves Santos, Literary Translation MFA

Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 2: Rachel Yoder

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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5Q Interview: Siqi Lui, Iowa Writers' Workshop

Thursday, January 25, 2024
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5Q Interview: Ara Javaheri, Literary Translation MFA

Monday, January 22, 2024
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5Q Interview: Emma Pech, English and Creative Writing / Screenwriting major

Monday, January 8, 2024
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5Q Interview: Angie Lee, Iowa Writers' Workshop

Thursday, January 4, 2024
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Episode 4: Tim Johnston, author of Distant Sons

Monday, December 18, 2023
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5Q Interview: Jake Goldwasser, Iowa Writers' Workshop and Literary Translation

Monday, December 18, 2023
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5Q Interview: Reyumeh Ejue, Iowa Writers' Workshop

Friday, December 15, 2023
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5Q Interview: Sophie Perez, UI Screenwriting BA student

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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5Q Interview: Stephen J. Dinsmore, UI Press Author of 'Iowa's Changing Wildlife'

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Amy Lee Lillard

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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5Q Interview: Kat Trout-Baron, UI Screenwriting student

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 1, Part 2: Vinnie Wilhelm + Dave Kajganich

Thursday, November 16, 2023

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