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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

Congratulations to Jerald Walker (UI English BA 1993), whose book How to Make a Slave and Other Essays was named a 2020 National Book Awards finalist!

Nonfiction Writing Program alum Rachel Yoder's first book hasn't even released yet, but she's already finished the screenplay for a film adaptation slated to star Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams

International Writing Program alums Kwame Dawes and Pierre Joris among the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Program career achievement award winners

A fantastic interview with Nonfiction Writing Program alum Blair Braverman on the New York Times Sway podcast!

Oprah Announces New Book Club Picks: The Gilead Novels by Marilynne Robinson

A new PBS documentary on Flannery O'Connor, an alum of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, has been released

Congrats to Romeo Oriogun, Eduardo C. Corral, C Pam Zhang, Brandon Taylor, and Garth Greenwell, finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards!

The City Council of Iowa City voted in March to rename Creekside Park as James Alan McPherson Park!

Writing University Features

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5Q Interview: Will Schwarz, UI Screenwriting Student

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Episode 3: Carmen Maria Machado

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5Q Interview: Blake Kellinger, UI Screenwriting student

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5Q Interview: MacKenzie Reyes, Screenwriting Major

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5Q Interview: Regina Napolitano, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: Gleisson Alves Santos, Literary Translation MFA

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Episode 2: Rachel Yoder

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5Q Interview: Siqi Lui, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: Ara Javaheri, Literary Translation MFA

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5Q Interview: Emma Pech, English and Creative Writing / Screenwriting major

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5Q Interview: Angie Lee, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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Episode 4: Tim Johnston, author of Distant Sons

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5Q Interview: Jake Goldwasser, Iowa Writers' Workshop and Literary Translation

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5Q Interview: Reyumeh Ejue, Iowa Writers' Workshop

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5Q Interview: Sophie Perez, UI Screenwriting BA student

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

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

Episode 1, Part 2: Vinnie Wilhelm + Dave Kajganich

Writers' Workshop graduate Justin Torres wins the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

Congrats to Iowa Writers' Workshop alums Justin Torres, winner of the National Book Award for fiction, and Paul Harding, fiction finalist