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Robert Hass receives 2018 Truman Capote Award
Monday, October 8, 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. The award is administered by the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.
‘Permission to dream’ Writers’ Workshop student named Soros fellow
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Natalia Reyes receives Sorros Fellowship
Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett on the Iowa Writers’ Workshop & Creating a Space to Write
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Famed Novelist's Donation Benefits Writers' Workshop Students
Friday, August 25, 2017
James Patterson makes a generous gift of scholarships for Writers' Workshop writers.
Former US Poet Laureate Reflects on His Writing and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Thursday, July 13, 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.
McPherson remembered at the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
The Iowa community remembers friend and teacher, James Alan McPherson