Title: A Community of Writers
Subtitle: Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Description: "We do not pretend to have produced the writers included in this book. Their talent was inevitably shaped by the genes rattling in ancestral closets. We did give them a community in which to try out the quality of their gift.".

With these words, written long before his Iowa Writers' Workshop became world famous, much imitated, and academically rich, Paul Engle captured the spirit behind his beloved workshop. Now, in this collection of essays by and about those writers who shared the energetic early years, Robert Dana presents a dynamic, informative tribute to Engle and his world.
Subjects: Friends and associates, History and criticism, American literature, American Authors, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Authorship, Creative writing (Higher education), Biography, History, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Authors, american, Social aspects
Places: Iowa
People: Paul Engle (1908-)
Time periods: 20th century