The New York Times bestselling author discusses the critical acclaim of his novel, Martyr!, and his passion for teaching at the University of Iowa

Writer’s block can be a common hurdle during any writing project. If you find yourself stuck, consider these tips to help you overcome your block and make a great project.

The Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) recently accepted four participants for its spring 2025 Grant Writing Residency Program.

The novelist’s cult book about a stay-at-home mother who turns into a dog is now a film starring Amy Adams. She talks about modern parenting, breaking taboos, and how Trump’s win spurred her to write.

Jamel Brinkley, assistant professor in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, was named the winner of the fourth annual Maya Angelou Book Award for Witness: Stories. He was named Nov. 21 during the Writers for Readers literary event co-sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library and the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Hualing Nieh Engle, a University of Iowa alumna, professor emerita, and cofounder of the renowned UI International Writing Program, has died. She was 99.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang, a 1998 participant in the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP).

Poet, educator, and writer Juan Felipe Herrera, who received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1990, was named a recipient of a 2024 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “genius grant.”

Kaveh Akbar, m.s. RedCherries, and Deborah Jackson Taffa are finalists for the prestigious National Book Award.

The University of Iowa again tied for the No. 1 spot in undergraduate nursing programs among public universities, while continuing to offer the best public writing program in the country, according to the latest rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.