Articles from February 2025

photo of Kaveh Akbar in front of a bookshelf

Kaveh Akbar profiled in Iowa Now

Thursday, February 27, 2025
Kaveh Akbar, associate professor and director of the English and Creative Writing major at the University of Iowa, first drew acclaim for his poetry.
photo of Spencer Lane Jones in a black dress

NWP MFA student Spencer Lane Jones featured in 5Q Interview

Monday, February 10, 2025
The Writing University conducts a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the various University of Iowa writing programs. We sit down with authors to ask about their work, their process and their descriptions of home.