Associate Professor of English at Iowa has published a book that argues that state and state-affiliated cultural diplomacy contributed to the making of post-war U.S. literature.

D’Agata has been a faculty member of the university’s graduate Nonfiction Writing Program since 2005, having revamped graduate and undergraduate nonfiction writing courses throughout his time at the university.

Congratulations to Kaveh Akbar, whose first novel Martyr! was just accepted by Knopf! It is slated to come out early 2024!

Iowa’s strength in writing reaches new level in annual ‘US News’ rankings

Jordan Kisner, the 2022 Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor, will join the Nonfiction Writing Program for Spring 2023.

Since joining the University of Iowa English faculty in 2020, Melissa Febos has published two acclaimed books, received prestigious fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and married her partner of six years. And, she has found a community of students she absolutely adores.