
She Was Addicted to Romance. So She Gave Up Sex.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

2 Iowa alumnae named Guggenheim Fellows
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

UI professor, author Melissa Febos talks about the books she keeps and why
Thursday, May 8, 2025

The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Christopher Merrill wins the 2025 Ottaway Award
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Iowa Life on PBS: A conversation with Rachel Yoder
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
3 Iowa faculty earn prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters award
Thursday, March 13, 2025
US Department of State halts International Writing Program funding
Thursday, March 6, 2025

A conversation with Kaveh Akbar
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Dealing with writer's block? These tips can help
Monday, February 3, 2025
Latest Writing News
Iowa surpasses Harvard, Princeton as No. 2 for writing
Monday, September 12, 2022
The University of Iowa is the No. 2 university in the country for writing, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
Q&A: What is 'critical race theory,' really? A new book tries to explain
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Amid a nationwide debate over a once-obscure academic movement, UI Professor Victor Ray offers Americans a primer on its core concepts.
The Feminist Case for Breast Reduction
Friday, May 20, 2022
Melissa Febos, associate professor in Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, writes a personal essay about breast reduction surgery.
5 UI faculty receive Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Five University of Iowa faculty members have been selected to receive the inaugural Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards.
Tolbert receives 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Professor and Lowell G. Battershell University Distinguished Chair of Political Science Caroline Tolbert was awarded the 2022 Goldsmith Book Prize in Academics for her book, Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities.
Kelly wins 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in poetry
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Donika Kelly, assistant professor in the department of English, won the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry with her collection titled The Renunciations.
The Daily Iowan wins awards from Society of Professional Journalists
Monday, April 18, 2022
The Daily Iowan dominated a regional journalism competition run by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
Febos named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The spring 2022 semester has been quite extraordinary for Melissa Febos, who has won three national awards.
Construction begins on new building for Nonfiction Writing Program
Monday, March 28, 2022
The University of Iowa is bolstering its writing resources in an impressive way as construction began earlier this month on a new building for the renowned Nonfiction Writing Program.
Febos wins prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Melissa Febos, associate professor in the Nonfiction Writing Program, was named winner of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for Girlhood, a collection of essays about the values that shape girls and the women they become.
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