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Daily Iowan: "The Queen’s Gambit and onward: UI Writers’ Workshop alumni share adaptation experiences"
The late Walter Tevis, author of the book ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ which was adapted into a major Netflix hit, graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1960. Today, the DI spoke with four workshop alums who have seen their work or are having their work adapted for the big screen.
2/1/2001
Featured: Walter Tevis, Ethan Canin, Xochitl Gonzalez, Brandon Taylor, Claire Lombardo
Daily Iowan: "Friends, colleagues, students, and family reflect on the legacy of Iowa’s first Poet Laureate Marvin Bell"
The poet and 40-year Iowa Writers’ Workshop professor died on Dec. 14 at the age of 83, having touched the lives of many and leaving a long withstanding legacy of written work in his wake.
2/7/2001
Featured: Marvin Bell
The Gazette: "UI Writers' Workshop grad Yaa Gyasi explores science and faith in 'Transcendent Kingdon'"
Yaa Gyasi, a 2014 graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, arrived on the literary scene two years later with the publication of “Homegoing,” her deservedly acclaimed debut novel.
1/23/2001
Featured: Yaa Gyasi
NYT: "For More Inclusive Writing, Look to How Writing Is Taught"
"Creative writing workshops, which train a significant number of writers and editors today, have long faced similar problems. The workshop model that started at the University of Iowa in 1936 and grew in popularity during the Cold War encouraged a view of fiction as separate from politics, racial or otherwise."
1/19/2001
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