Writing at Iowa

The tradition of great writing at Iowa is exemplified in the accomplishments of our alumni and faculty; the following is an overview of some of the distinguished authors associated with writing at Iowa.

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  Marvin Bell

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  Mildred Wirt Benson

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  Steve Berry

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  John Berryman

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  Robert Olen Butler

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  Ethan Canin

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  Edward Carey

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  Raymond Carver

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  John Cheever

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  Marquis Childs

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  Rick Cleveland

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  John Cochran

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  Max A. Collins, Jr.

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  Frank Conroy

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  Michael Cunningham

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  John D’Agata

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  Rita Dove

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  Paul Engle

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  Hualing Nieh Engle

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  Norman Felton

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  James Galvin

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  Rebecca Gilman

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  Louise Glück

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  Jorie Graham

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  Allan Gurganus

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  W. David Hancock

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  Josef Haslinger

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  Anthony Hecht

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  Robin Hemley

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  John Irving

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  Pierre Joris

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  Donald Justice

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  Tracy Kidder

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  W.P. Kinsella

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  Carolyn Kizer

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  Philip Levine

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  Robert Lowell

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  Elizabeth McCracken

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  James Alan McPherson

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  Nicholas Meyer

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  Frank Luther Mott

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  Herbert Nipson

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  Flannery O’Connor

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  John O’Keefe

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  Orhan Pamuk

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  Viktor Olegovich Pelevin

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  Uriel Quesada

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  Todd Ristau

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  Marilynne Robinson

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  Brian Ross

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  Philip Roth

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  Tomaž Šalamun

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  Jane Smiley

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  W.D. Snodgrass

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  William Stafford

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  Wallace Stegner

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  Stewart Stern

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  Mark Strand

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  Michael F. Toner

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  Don Ultang

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  Mona Van Duyn

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  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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  Naomi Wallace

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  Robert Penn Warren

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  Sheba R. Wheeler

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  Gene Wilder

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  Tennessee Williams

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  Charles Wright

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  Dean Young