Are pregnancy and childbirth the most or least natural things we do? At the heart of Louisa Hall’s brainily visceral new novel is a reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a book whose uncanny energy is forged in the crucible of reproduction.

In Spring 2023, the NWP welcomed writer Jordan Kisner, as the 2022-23 Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor. This coming Spring, nonfiction writer and poet Paisley Rekdal will join the NWP in Spring 2024 as the 2023-24 Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor.

The UI Nonfiction Writing Program is pleased to announce the winners and nominees of the 2023 Krause Essay Prize.

DeafBlind essayist and poet John Lee Clark is the winner of the 2022 Krause Essay Prize, hosted by the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program.

NWP student Richard Frailing won this year's Roxanne Mueller Award for his essay, "Silver Salt."

Naomi Rivera Morales shares an Opinion piece in the Daily Iowan on how an English and Creative Writing degree allows students to grow into a skilled, versatile individual.

Eighteen University of Iowa staff members–including Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp, academic coordinator for graduate programs in the Department of English–were honored with this year’s UI Staff Council Awards for their achievements.

In this interview with NPR, Derek (DK) Nnuro talks about his debut novel, "What Napoleon Could Not Do," a book that depicts how America is seen through the eyes of three characters with African ties.

Tara Bynum was recently interviewed on PBS' Amanpour & Co.

Kathy Lavezzo and Stephen Voyce are among eight College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty receiving grant funding through the Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI), a grant program supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research.