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  • Brent Hayes Edwards

    Brent Hayes Edwards receives 2019 Truman Capote Award

    October 09, 2019

    The Truman Capote Award Ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber. The event will feature remarks by Brent Hayes Edwards and a reception in the Old Capitol Museum. Both events are open to the public. Brent Hayes Edwards won the 2019 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for his book, Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination, released by Harvard University Press in 2017.

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  • D.B. Weiss and David Benioff | HBO.com

    Workshop alumnus, D.B. Weiss' co-created television adaptation of 'Game of Thrones' nominated in a record-32 Emmy Award categories

    July 16, 2019

    Workshop alumnus D.B. Weiss (MFA, 1998) is co-creator of the record-shattering HBO television series, Game of Thrones, which was based on the bestselling book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin. The show with its creators, cast and crew has been nominated for a record 32 Emmy Awards for 2019.

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  • Joy Harjo

    Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation's 23rd Poet Laureate

    June 19, 2019

    Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna, as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. Harjo will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work in the Coolidge Auditorium. Harjo is the first Native American poet to serve in the position – she is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She succeeds Tracy K. Smith, who served two terms as laureate.

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  • Emily Ruskovich

    'Idaho' by Emily Ruskovich wins the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award

    June 12, 2019

    Emily Ruskovich has won the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award for her novel Idaho. The Award is organised and sponsored by Dublin City Council and at €100,000 is the world’s largest prize for a single novel published in English. Emily Ruskovich is the fourth American author to win the prize in its 24-year history.

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  • John Edgar Wideman

    John Edgar Wideman wins 2019 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story

    June 03, 2019

    John Edgar Wideman has been selected as the winner of the 2019 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Given since 1988 in honor of the late Bernard Malamud, the award recognizes a body of work that demonstrates excellence in the art of short fiction.

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