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Robert Hass receives 2018 Truman Capote Award

October 08, 2018

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass won the 2018 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for his book, A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry, released by HarperCollins Publishers in 2017.
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Debut novel from Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate finds success on big screen

September 25, 2018

Film adaptation of Justin Torres’s 2011 novel ‘We the Animals’ opens to critical acclaim
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An outstanding year for Iowa literature

July 23, 2018

By: Cristóbal McKinney The University of Iowa is an internationally recognized leader in creative writing and related specialties. Faculty and students in Iowa’s graduate and undergraduate programs produce plays, novels, poems, essays, and translations. Some study the art of book and papermaking; others are aspiring journalists cutting their teeth in an award-winning student-run newspaper. And UI publishers print the latest works of new and emerging talent.
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Earning an MFA at any age, Workshop co-sponsors panel with the Iowa Summer Writing Festival

July 17, 2018

The Iowa Writers’ Workshop partnered with the Iowa Summer Writing Festival to host a one-hour panel discussion on July 17 about earning an MFA in creative writing at any age. The panel comprised graduates of the Iowa Writers' Workshop who came to the program at different ages, some earlier in life, others having already established lives, families, and careers.
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New Books by Workshop Graduates, Fall 2018

July 01, 2018

New & upcoming publications from Workshop alumni. Fiction & Nonfiction Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America, Seth Abramson How to Love A Jamaican, Alexia Arthurs Mad Boy, Nick Arvin
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Events

Live from Prairie Lights: Madhuri Vijay

Monday, January 21, 2019 - 7:00pm

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Paul's Book Club, January: Tom Drury

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 7:00pm

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Live from Prairie Lights: Jamil Jan Kochai in conversation with Alexia Arthurs

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 7:00pm

Prairie Lights Books

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