Faculty
The permanent faculty
of the Iowa Writers' Workshop are not only well-known figures in American
letters, but also committed teachers who have spent their careers teaching
and advising young writers. Each year the Workshop invites visiting
writers to teach both poetry and fiction. They bring fresh voices and
a variety of experience to the community.
| Faculty Biographies: | Fiction | Poetry |
In recent years the following writers have been visiting faculty in the program:
Simon Armitage, Cal Bedient, Elizabeth Benedict, Clark Blaise, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Edward Carey, John Casey, Killarney Clary, Gillian Conoley, Frank Conroy, Jane Cooper, Robert Coover, Charles D'Ambrosio, Nicholas Delbanco, Susan Dodd, Mark Doty, Ellen Douglas, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Tony Eprile, Forrest Gander, Louise Glück, Jorie Graham, Linda Gregg, Alan Gurganus, Barry Hannah, Ron Hansen, Adam Haslett, Robert Hass, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, James Hynes, John Irving, Denis Johnson, Thom Jones, Claudia Keelan, Richard Kenney, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Kizer, August Kleinzahler, Bill Knott, Ann Lauterbach, Philip Levine, Margot Livesey, Thomas Lux, Paule Marshall, Elizabeth McCracken, Ian McEwan, Heather McHugh, Sandra McPherson, Jane Miller, Bharati Mukherjee, Carol Muske, Thisbe Nissen, Chris Offutt, ZZ Packer, Bob Perelman, Carl Phillips, D. A. Powell, Francine Prose, Claudia Rankine, Donald Revell, Mary Ruefle, James Salter, Bob Schacochis, Tom Sleigh, Scott Spencer, Mark Strand, Elizabeth Tallent, James Tate, Barry Unsworth, Jennifer Vanderbes, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Susan Wheeler, Joy Williams, Emily Wilson, Meg Wolitzer, C.D. Wright, Charles Wright
Each year the Workshop and Prairie Lights Bookstore brings in a number of visiting writers who give readings of their work and meet with students. A preliminary list of visiting readers in Spring 2008 includes Alan Drew, Charles Baxter, Joyelle McSweeney, Katherine Northrup, Kate Greenstreet, Richard Price, John Irving, Kevin Brockmeier, Tobias Wolff, Teresa Svoboda, David Shields, Keith & Rosemarie Waldrop, Rachel Zucker, Arielle Greenberg, Louise Gluck, Paul Muldoon, and Jeffrey Eugenides.