Three University of Iowa faculty members — Kaveh Akbar, Jamel Brinkley, and Charles D’Ambrosio — were recognized with 2025 Awards in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The awards honor the work of both emerging and established writers and will be presented to awardees at a ceremony in May.

Kaveh Akbar, associate professor and director of the English and Creative Writing major at the University of Iowa, first drew acclaim for his poetry.

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.

English department faculty and grad students attended the 2025 MLA Annual Convention in New Orleans.

A round-up of Nonfiction Writing Program alumni publications, awards, and other successes.

Celebrate Krause Essay Prize Winners Grace Glass and Sasha Tycko at the UI Old Capitol Senate Chambers on Thursday, February 27th at 7:30pm

A Stop and Chat with New NWP Coordinator April Schaefer.

A Q&A with Englert Fellow Grace Morse.