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Presents an anthology of interviews, anecdotes, and historical insights by more than twenty graduates and teachers from the famous Iowa Writers' Workshops between 1974 and 1978, with entries about such famous attendees as John Irving, Jane Smiley, and T.C. Boyle.

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