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Former US Poet Laureate Reflects on His Writing and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

July 13, 2017

From Iowa Now, by Cristóbal McKinney, 7/03/2017: When former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera arrived at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1988, he was in his early 40s and had been writing poetry seriously since he was 16. He came with two children in tow and rented a house near Burlington and Johnson streets in Iowa City. To help pay the bills, Herrera pawned his guitar, which one of his instructors—the noted poet Marvin Bell—later helped him recover.
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Writers’ Workshop Student Wins New American Fellowship

June 21, 2017

From Iowa Now, by Cristóbal McKinney, 6/21/2017: Sanjena Anshu Sathian, who will be a student in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop starting in the fall 2017 semester, was named a 2017 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans.
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New Books by Workshop Alumni, April & May 2017

June 05, 2017

New books of poetry and prose by Workshop alumni, published in April & May, 2017. Poetry Unfathoming, Andrea Cohen Fast, Jorie Graham Rayfish, Mary Hickman
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Lan Samantha Chang Honored as 2017 Mentor of the Year

May 15, 2017

Iowa Writers' Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang was recently honored as One Story Magazine's 2017 Mentor of the Year, for her "extraordinary support of fellow writers."
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An Exceptional Year for Workshop Writers

May 12, 2017

From Iowa Now, by Cristóbal McKinney, 5/11/2017: Alumni from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop won an exceptional number of national literary awards in this year’s awards season, and the novels of three alumni in particular—Adam Haslett, Garth Greenwell, and Yaa Gyasi—each received numerous prestigious honors.
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Events

Live From Prairie Lights: Tim Taranto

Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 7:00pm

Prairie Lights Books
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism: Gillian Beer

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 4:00pm

Old Capitol Museum
Graduate Admissions Deadline

Friday, December 15, 2017