Iowa Writers Workshop

She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

Joan Gelman | Posted 04.09.2012

Joan Gelman

She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

Why You Should Reject The 'New Rules For Writers'

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Shaffer

There's a virus going around the Internet right now that threatens to change the way you look at the world. And it seems to be infecting unpublished and "under-published" writers.

Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature

Posted 05.25.2011

Narrative Magazine: Tom Grimes, author of the newly released Mentor: A Memoir which traces his long friendship with legendary Iowa Writers' Workshop d...

The Poetry of Michael Tyrell

Ben Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Ben Evans

To capture the voice of a city as immense and diverse as New York, to write its essence, is a challenge taken on by many resident literati.

Writer Wednesday: 11 Of The Best MFA Writing Programs (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Each Wednesday, Twitter users celebrate writing with the hashtag #writerwednesday, usually used to suggest new writers to follow. We've been expanding...

Poetry And Food

Posted 05.25.2011

My Dinner with Dubie: Secrets from the Iowa Writers' Workshop Cookbook Matthew Gavin Frank The Poetry Foundation Recently my wife, Louisa, and I...

Iowa Writers' Workshop Graduate Spills It All: Interview with John McNally, Author of "After the Workshop"

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

I thought McNally, because he has experienced the Iowa Writers' Workshop firsthand--and lived to tell the funniest tale ever written about it--would be an ideal subject to interview about a lot of concerns in the writing and publishing industries.