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Daniel Alarcón, 2021 MacArthur Fellow

September 28, 2021

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus, writer and radio producer, Daniel Alarcón (MFA '04) , is one of twenty-five writers, artists, scientists, researchers, and organizers selected to be a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. From the MacArthur Foundation:
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The Souvenir Museum, by Elizabeth McCracken, longlisted for 2021 National Book Award for Fiction

September 17, 2021

The Souvenir Museum, by Elizabeth McCracken (MFA '90) , has been longlisted for The National Book Foundation's 2021 Award for Fiction.
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Great Circle, by Maggie Shipstead, on The Booker Prize shortlist

September 14, 2021

Great Circle, a novel by Iowa Writers' Workshop alumna, Maggie Shipstead (MFA '08) , has been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize.
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Joy Williams, recipient of the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

June 30, 2021

Joy Williams (MFA '65) is the recipient of the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. The annual prize honors an American writer whose body of work is distinguished not only for its mastery of the art but also for its originality and imagination. The award seeks to commend strong, unique, enduring voices that, throughout long, consistently accomplished careers, have told us something about the American experience.
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The Iowa Writers' Workshop Is Pleased to Announce Sonny Mehta Fellowships in Creative Writing

June 21, 2021

Sonny Mehta was, by vocation, a reader, and his impact on the world’s literary landscape was extraordinary. During his 32-year career as president then editor-in-chief at Alfred A. Knopf (until his death in 2019), he edited and published books by a long list of extraordinary authors, including Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alice Munro, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez—the full list spans nine Nobel laureates, 28 Pulitzer Prize winners, and nine National Book Award winners.
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Diptych Fall 2021 Reading

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 7:00pm

Public Space One
Iowa City Book Festival: Gregory Galloway

Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 11:30am

Iowa City Public Library
Prairie Lights Virtual | Elizabeth Weiss in conversation with Yaa Gyasi

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 7:00pm