The sun is setting on a great fall semester 🫶

The new issue of the The Iowa Review is out now! Volume 54, Issue 2 includes work by Mahnoor Ali, Shane Kowalski, Marianne Boruch, Shirley Chan, Peter Mishler, Sarah Lao, and more! iowareview.org/issue/volume-5…

🧵 Dear Friends: We write today with a difficult update. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the International Writing Program (IWP) learned that its grants with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, were being terminated.

The end of an era... now.uiowa.edu/news/2025/03/u…

This is terrible!

Shocking and heartbreaking

Last week, the State Department cut funding for the International Writing Program, which brings writers from around the world to Iowa City. I wrote about why the IWP is precious, & how crucial it was for my education as a writer. Free post; no paywall. Link in profile.

One Day for Iowa is today! Choose from various writing programs on campus to support by searching "Writing" here! 1day.uiowa.edu/s/1773/1day/19…

Small Rain has won the PEN/Faulkner Award. I don’t know what to say, except that I’m very grateful to the judges, & very moved to see my book included alongside such excellent writers.

Charlie Pott, "Captain Lord Wizard," MFA Photography exhibition this week in the Ana Mendieta Gallery, E260 Visual Arts Building. Reception: Friday, April 11, 6-8pm.

Fun Fact: Before creating Juno and Jennifer’s Body, Diablo Cody was a student at the University of Iowa. 🙌🎬

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Big news! The University of Iowa is establishing an Office of Writing and Communication! In a significant step that builds on one of University of Iowa's most distinctive strengths, the new office will unify, amplify and expand our rich writing legacy! now.uiowa.edu/news/2025/07/u…

Postcards out of the University of Iowa vault 💌

New 5Q interview w/ U of Iowa Press author Darrell Kinsey about his book Natch! "The novel covers the brief and tragic episode of their relationship, their hardscrabble existence and their attempt to start a family." writinguniversity.org/news-archive/2…

Framed in gold 💛, rooted in black 🖤

5Q interview w/ U Iowa Press author Andrew Brininstool about his book High Desert Blood. "As macabre as it may sound, I spent countless days listening to [my family] discuss—the riot in particular: who they knew, what had happened, theories about why." 🏜 writinguniversity.org/news-archive/2…

Despite cuts, 23 writers arriving this week for UI International Writing Program residency International Writing Program writinguniversity.org/news-archive/2…

"I love experimenting with and blending different forms of art and genres. So you'll find theatrical elements in my audiovisual works and multimedia elements in my stage works." New 5Q Interview with International Writing Program Resident Hyukin Michaela KWON from South Korea! writinguniversity.uiowa.edu/news-archive/2…