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The permanent faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop are not only well-known figures in American letters, but also committed teachers who have spent their careers teaching and advising emerging writers. Each year the Workshop invites visiting writers to teach both poetry and fiction. They bring fresh voices and a variety of experience to the community.
Current Faculty
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Jamel Brinkley
Assistant Professor, Fiction
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Ethan Canin
F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and Creative Writing
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Lan Samantha Chang
Program Director and Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts
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Kate Christensen
Visiting Professor, Fiction, Fall 2013, 2023
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Cody-Rose Clevidence
Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Fall 2019, 2023
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Charles D'Ambrosio
Professor, Fiction
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Tom Drury
Visiting Professor, Fiction, Spring 2019 and 2023, Summer and Fall 2020-2023
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James Galvin
Professor, Poetry
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Mark Levine
Professor, Poetry
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Margot Livesey
Professor, Fiction
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Carmen Maria Machado
Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2021, Fall 2023
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Tracie Morris
Professor, Poetry
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Marilynne Robinson
Professor Emeritus
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Elizabeth Willis
Professor, Poetry
Recent Visiting Faculty
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Fall 2017
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2018, 2019, 2020; Summer 2023
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Fall 2012
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2010
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Summer 2016-Fall 2016
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Spring 2017
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2021
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2017; Fall 2019; Spring 2022
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Fall 2016
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, 2012-2013
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Fall 2017
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2021
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2016
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Fall 2019-2022
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, Fall 2013
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Spring 2020
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2012; Spring 2013
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Spring 2010
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Spring 2022
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2018
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Spring 2016
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Spring 2018
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, Spring 2023
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Fall 2012
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Fall 2018
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2023
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Visiting Associate Faculty, Fiction, Spring 2011
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, 2014-2015
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, 2013-2014
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Summer 2021
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Summer 2015
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2016
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Spring 2015
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Summer 2023
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Fall 2018
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Fall 2015
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2013; Summer 2014
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Fall 2022
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, 2012-2013
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, Fall 2016
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Visiting Lecturer, Poetry, Fall 2019
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Summer 2017, 2019, 2020
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2011
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Spring 2011
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Fall 2013
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Fall 2012
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2011
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2020, Summer 2022
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2019
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Summer 2023
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Visiting Professor, Poetry
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Visiting Associate Professor, Summer, 2017
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, Fall 2017
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Fall 2022
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2022
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Visiting Associate Professor, Fiction, Spring 2014
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Fall 2010
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, Spring 2017
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Visiting Professor, Poetry, Spring 2015
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2016
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2010
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Spring 2014
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Fall 2014
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2015
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring 2012
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Spring 2020
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Summer 2020
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2021
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Poetry, Spring-Fall 2021; Spring 2022
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Visiting Professor, Fiction, Fall 2018
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Fall 2022
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Spring 2018
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Visiting Associate Professor, Poetry, Fall 2018; Fall 2019; Spring 2022
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiction, Summer 2021