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The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a graduate-level creative writing program. [1] At 89 years, it is the oldest writing program offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States. Its acceptance rate is between 2.7% [2] and 3.7%. [3]
Whiskey Tender was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction. [1] She earned a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. She is the director of the MFA creative writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. [2]
After earning a bachelor's degree in non-fiction writing from Hampshire College, Biss moved to New York City, San Diego, and then Iowa City, where she went on to complete her MFA in the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. Biss taught writing at Northwestern University for fifteen years, from 2006-2021. [5] She is the author of four ...
She worked in publishing in Boston, at Little, Brown and Company, in the 1970s and ’80s, then moved to Iowa City in 1986 to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and received an MFA in 1988. She has taught in the Nonfiction Writing Program at The University of Iowa. [4] She makes a living as a writing coach. [5]
Beard previously worked as a managing editor for a physics journal at the University of Iowa, and was a colleague of the victims of the University of Iowa shooting, which became a subject for her work. Her writing has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, Tin House and O, The Oprah Magazine.
While in graduate school at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Zhang taught creative writing to undergraduates at University of Iowa. [18] Zhang then taught high school students in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. She has also taught at the New School for Social Research and at Sackett Street Writers' Workshop. [19]
Until 2020, she was an Associate Professor and MFA Director at Monmouth University. [16] Febos currently works as a Full Professor at the University of Iowa, where she teaches in the Nonfiction Writing Program. [17]
Caroline Arnold majored in art at Grinnell College graduating in 1966, and subsequently received a Master's degree in studio art from the University of Iowa. [3] She started her writing career with the goal of illustrating her own books, but she grew to appreciate writing as a creative outlet and spends more time writing than illustrating. [8]