“Who ever thought it was a good idea?” Iowa Writers’ Workshop professor and alumnus Garth Greenwell asks in a Substack post published on Wednesday morning. Titled “Why I Don’t Believe in Workshop Anymore,” the essay lays out why Greenwell has decided not to teach “traditional, critique-based” writing workshops going forward. “That’s a slightly scary pronouncement, […]
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New Mary Oliver documentary inspires Iowa City orgs to celebrate a poet often disregarded in elite circles
Film director (and former University of Iowa professor) Sasha Waters first recalls being struck by the work of Mary Oliver as a new parent, listening to A Prairie Home Companion in her Iowa City kitchen. Years later, PBS would ask her to make a documentary about the late Pulitzer Prize-winning poet for the American Masters […]
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Editor, educator and novelist Mary Rakow to lead weekend workshop
Mastering Editing and Revision: A Writing Workshop Iowa Writers’ House — Friday, Apr. 22–Sunday, Apr. 24 The Iowa Writers’ House is hosting a workshop this weekend with writer Mary Rakow. In advance of this, Rakow will be reading from her novel, This is Why I Came, which was released in December. The reading will take […]
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Sabata-mpho Mokae takes workshop attendees ‘From Memory to Imagination’
From Memory to Imagination: A Generative Writing Workshop The Iowa Writers’ House — starts Fri., Mar. 25 at 6 p.m. The Iowa Writers’ House is welcoming writer Sabata-mpho Mokae back to Iowa City, as part of his U.S. tour. The South African author, currently a doctoral candidate at Rhodes University and a creative writing lecturer […]
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Iowa Writers’ House to host travel writing workshop
The Iowa Writers’ House is set to host its first official class, a three-day travel writing workshop lead by memoirist Michele Morano. This is the second community writing event hosted by the Iowa Writer’s House this summer.
