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Harry Stecopoulos Featured on "The American Vandal" Podcast

Check out Harry Stecopoulos on the “The American Vandal” podcast, talking criticism and debate and this semester’s “Fate of Professional Reading” series!
Derek Nnuro

Literary Greats Find Inspiration at UI Stanley Museum of Art

Dozens of Iowa’s most celebrated writers delve into the museum’s collection for the new book, In a Time of Witness.
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Retired Iowa Professor Makes Shakespeare Accessible for All Ages

Thursday, October 5, 2023
UI English department chair Blaine Greteman (right) and his students studying abroad in London this past summer visited Shakespeare professor emerita Miriam Gilbert (center) at her second home in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Greteman explains how the term "liberal arts" emerged in ancient times

Monday, September 18, 2023
Blaine Greteman, professor and chair, breaks down the meaning and origin of the term "liberal arts" in this submission to The Conservation.
Book cover of Reproduction: A Novel by Louisa Hall

Reproduction by Louisa Hall review – pregnancy, pain and Frankenstein

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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.
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Opinion | English and Creative Writing Majors Graduate with Beneficial Skills

Thursday, May 4, 2023
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.
DK Nnuro

NPR Books: DK Nnuro on his Debut Novel 'What Napoleon Could Not Do'

Friday, February 17, 2023
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

Tara Bynum: Finding Joy in Black Writing

Friday, February 10, 2023
Tara Bynum was recently interviewed on PBS' Amanpour & Co.