Ten Favorite Books By Graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop*
*Excluding Teachers, Students, Colleagues, and Classmates of Mine
(listed alphabetically by author, with no more than one book per graduate)
Broken Vessels: Essays by Andre Dubus
The Coast of Chicago: Stories by Stuart Dybek
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Jesus Son’: Stories by Denis Johnson
Elegy: Poems by Larry Levis
The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir by Sarah Manguso
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
Escapes: Stories by Joy Williams
— January 4, 2023