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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

 

 

5Q Interview: Luis Xavier Corona Villanova (Mexico), 2017 IWP resident

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

5Q Interview: Ubah Cristina Ali Farah (Italy) 2017 IWP Resident

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

5Q Interview: Kristian Sendon Cordero (Philippines) 2017 IWP Resident

Thursday, September 7, 2017

5Q Interview: Gimba Kakanda (Nigeria) 2017 IWP resident

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

5Q Interview: Kinga Tóth (Hungary), 2017 IWP resident

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

5Q Interview: Vladimir Martinovski (Macedonia) 2017 IWP resident

Thursday, August 31, 2017

5Q Interview: Yuriy Serebryanskiy (Kazakhstan) 2017 IWP resident

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

5Q Interview: Sharlene Teo (Singapore) 2017 IWP resident

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

5Q Interview: Dilman Dila (Uganda) 2017 IWP resident

Monday, August 28, 2017

5Q Interview: Stuart Lau 劉偉成 (Hong Kong), 2017 IWP Resident

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

5Q Interview: Santiago Giralt, 2017 IWP resident

Monday, August 21, 2017

5Q Interview: Wipas 'Gahn' Srithong, 2017 IWP resident

Thursday, August 17, 2017

5Q Interview: Julienne Van Loon, 2017 IWP resident

Monday, August 14, 2017

5Q Interview: Kirmen Uribe, 2017 IWP resident

Thursday, August 10, 2017

5Q Interview: Maung Day, 2017 IWP resident

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

New Podcasts from the Iowa Summer Writing Festival

Monday, July 21, 2014