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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.

News Highlights

UI Visiting Professor Hanif Abdurraquib's A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA won a 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

Congratulations to Jane Wong, Ann Patchett, Joy Williams, Michelle Gil-Montero, Kelsi Vanada, and Lisa Wells, on the longlists for PEN America's 2022 Literary Awards

Congratulations to UI professors Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly, finalists for National Book Critics Circle Awards!

NWP faculty Melissa Febos' BODY WORK gets a starred review in Publishers Weekly! Says, “This is a wonder.”

Congratulations to Elizabeth McCracken, longlisted for the National Book Award!

Daniel Alarcón, Iowa Writers' Workshop alum, named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow!

Congratulations to Maggie Shipstead! Her novel Great Circle is on the shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize!

An article about translating Amanda Gorman’s work in the Washington Post with University of Iowa Translation MFA Director Aron Aji

Mindy Kaling to Adapt Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Sanjena Sathian's Book "Gold Diggers" for TV.

Writing University Features

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5Q Interview: Christine Evans, UI Press Author

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5Q Interview: WANG Zhanhei 王占黑, IWP Resident

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5Q Interview: Aigerim Tazhi Айгерим Тажи, IWP Resident

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5Q Interview: Noelle Q. De Jesus, IWP Resident

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Featured Archive: Jamel Brinkley reading, Live from Prairie Lights, September 14, 2018

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Featured Archive: Denis Johnson reading, The University of Iowa, 1991

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5Q Interview: Iowa Summer Writing Festival Instructor Tricia Park

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5Q Interview: Maura O'Dea, editor of 'earthwords'

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5Q Interview: Quinlan Stafford, senior editor of The Broken Clock Literary Magazine

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5Q Interview: Margo Skornia, MFA Candidate, Department of Theatre Arts, Dramaturgy

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

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5Q Interview: Natalie Muglia, editor-in-chief of Wilder Things

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5Q Interview: Christopher Lysik, Playwrights Workshop

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5Q Interview: Clay Scofield, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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Featured Archive: Eavan Boland and Kevin Casey reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore, 1979

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

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5Q Interview: Logan Hoffman-Smith, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: A. J. Bermudez, UI Press author

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5Q Interview: Jacquelyn Bengfort, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: Drew Bratcher, UI Press Author