The Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa is the preeminent college and graduate-level creative writing program in the United States.
Created in the university's English Department by poet Paul Engle , the program is the model for the numerous creative writing programs offered throughout the country today.
Notable graduates of the program include:
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Robert Bly
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T. Coraghessan Boyle
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Raymond Carver
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Sandra Cisneros
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Andre Dubus
- Stuart Dybek
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Pai Hsien-yung
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John Irving
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Gish Jen
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Donald Justice
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Tracy Kidder
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W.P. Kinsella
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Philip Levine
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David Wong Louie
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Bharati Mukherjee
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Flannery O'Connor
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Wallace Stegner
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Jane Smiley
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John Edgar Wideman
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Dow Mossman
Last updated: 05-15-2005 14:33:35