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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: 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
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5Q Interview: Iya Kiva Ія Ківа, 2023 IWP Resident

Thursday, October 5, 2023
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5Q Interview: Shiloh Carroll, UI Press Author

Thursday, September 28, 2023
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5Q Interview: Christine Evans, UI Press Author

Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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5Q Interview: WANG Zhanhei 王占黑, IWP Resident

Thursday, September 14, 2023
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5Q Interview: Aigerim Tazhi Айгерим Тажи, IWP Resident

Monday, September 11, 2023
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5Q Interview: Noelle Q. De Jesus, IWP Resident

Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Episode 2: Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch

Monday, August 21, 2023
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Episode 1: Interview with Lauren Haldeman, author of Team Photograph

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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Featured Archive: Jamel Brinkley reading, Live from Prairie Lights, September 14, 2018

Monday, July 17, 2023
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Featured Archive: Denis Johnson reading, The University of Iowa, 1991

Monday, July 17, 2023
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5Q Interview: Iowa Summer Writing Festival Instructor Tricia Park

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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5Q Interview: Maura O'Dea, editor of 'earthwords'

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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5Q Interview: Quinlan Stafford, senior editor of The Broken Clock Literary Magazine

Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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5Q Interview: Margo Skornia, MFA Candidate, Department of Theatre Arts, Dramaturgy

Monday, May 1, 2023
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5Q Interview: Kyler Johnson, Co-President of the Translate Iowa Project

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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Featured Archive: Andrew Martin in conversation with Brandon Taylor, Live from Prairie Lights, July 23, 2020

Tuesday, March 28, 2023