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Sarah Aziza is this year's 2025 Krause Essay Prize Winner!
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Congratulations to Sarah Aziza, this year's 2025 Krause Essay Prize Winner!

Writers’ Workshop professor receives prestigious CLAS Collegiate Fellow designation
Monday, May 19, 2025
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Collegiate Fellow is awarded to a senior faculty member who demonstrates distinction in teaching, scholarship, and exceptional leadership.

English professor, author Melissa Febos talks about the books she keeps and why
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Take a peek inside the home library of this author, whose new book, The Dry Season, publishes in June.

Two English and Creative Writing undergrads awarded Isabel Sparks President’s Awards at Sigma Tau Delta convention
Monday, April 28, 2025
English and creative writing majors Madeline Riske and Lillian Giddings found inspiration studying abroad in Ireland.

Stecopoulos profiles Iowa City for Public Books
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

English Department support of IWP in The Daily Iowan
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Melissa Febos's Dry Season in Publishers Weekly
Friday, April 11, 2025

Becoming a writer no laughing matter for English Alumna Harper Steele
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The Emmy Award–winning writer who penned sketches for ‘Saturday Night Live’ might have pursued another career had it not been for a class she took at the University of Iowa.

Thomas Mira y Lopez and Kaveh Akbar awarded Discovery and Innovation Awards by the Office of the Vice President for Research
Monday, March 31, 2025
Once annually, the Office of the Vice President for Research reviews nominations for nine major awards that recognize faculty and staff excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activities. These awards, a part of the long-standing Discovery and Innovation Awards program, celebrate researchers and scholars who receive national recognition for forging new frontiers of discovery.

Kaveh Akbar in The Nation
Monday, March 31, 2025
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