An article about translating Amanda Gorman’s work in the Washington Post with Translation MFA Director Aron Aji

Congratulations to Jerald Walker (UI English BA 1993), whose book How to Make a Slave and Other Essays was named a 2020 National Book Awards finalist!

Nonfiction Writing Program alum Rachel Yoder's first book hasn't even released yet, but she's already finished the screenplay for a film adaptation slated to star Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams

International Writing Program alums Kwame Dawes and Pierre Joris among the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Program career achievement award winners

A fantastic interview with Nonfiction Writing Program alum Blair Braverman on the New York Times Sway podcast!

Oprah Announces New Book Club Picks: The Gilead Novels by Marilynne Robinson

A new PBS documentary on Flannery O'Connor, an alum of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, has been released

University of Iowa Joins the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Alliance with Commitment to Support Threatened and Displaced Scholars

Congrats to Romeo Oriogun, Eduardo C. Corral, C Pam Zhang, Brandon Taylor, and Garth Greenwell, finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards!

The City Council of Iowa City voted in March to rename Creekside Park as James Alan McPherson Park!