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A Literary Walking Tour of Eastside Iowa City, Spring 1990

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get ideas at parties, jobs at parties, fall in love at parties." (Starla Smith, Iowa City Press Citizen,3-20-82) Of his directorship, Gail Godwin wrote, ". . . more than the average writer who teaches, he leaves his ego at home and sets a tone of quiet diplomacy." (G Godwin, NEW TIMES, 1974) . While a resident of Iowa City Leggett lived at 415 Summit Street. 

Philip Levine, MFA 1957 MFA UI Writers' Workshop, and taught in the Workshop mid-70's. Levine received the Frank O'Hara Memorial Prize in 1972, and in 1984 he received the James A. Michener Series Abroad award from the Academy of American Poets. His publications include, Sweet Will in 1985, Selected Poems in 1984, and One For The Rose in 1981. He teaches in California. 

Sinclair Lewis, visiting lecturer UI Writers' Workshop. When Chester Philip (Dean of the College of Commerce and Acting Ui President in 1940) was asked to join with two other faculty members in requesting that Lewis be appointed lecturer in fiction writing, Philips refused. He had heard that Lewis was a drunkard (actually, Lewis had been on the wagon for three years). Lewis was outraged, as were many people in Iowa City. A few weeks later Philips was partly vindicated when Lewis, while teaching at the University of Wisconsin, walked out of his class after the fifth meeting, never to return. (John Gerber, A Pictorial History of The University of Iowa, UI Press, 1989, p 163)

Robert (Cal) Lowell, visiting lecturer UI Writers' Workshop in 1950 and 1953. Lowell received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his novel, Lord Weary's Castle, and the 1960 National Book Award for his book of poetry, Life Studies, Of Lowell, Paul Engle has said, " . . . [he] was a very troubled, unstable person, but a brilliant poet and a brilliant teacher. I would say no writer we brought here was an effective with students." (Iowa City, Press Citizen, 9/13/77) Lowell was born into a family that included two other famous poets, Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell. He received the Copernicus Award in 1974 from the Academy of American Poets, and was named Chancellor by the Academy from 1962 until his death in 1977.

Hansford (Mike) Martin, taught, UI Writers' Workshop from 1947-50. Martin wrote one novel, educational film scripts, and taught film at Oklahoma City and Cornell University. He died in the late 1980's. " His encouragement and generous help to student writers had much to do with the cooperative spirit of the fiction writing program in those years." (James McConkey, Seems Like Old Times) He lived at 215 N Dubuque Street. 

James Alan McPherson, MFA 1971 UI Writer's Workshop. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing in the UI Writers' Workshop. McPherson has also taught at the University of California in Santa Cruz, Harvard, Morgan State at Baltimore, and the University of Virginia. In 1970 McPherson received the Award in Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1973 a Guggenheim Fellowship for study abroad. In 1978 he was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for his book, Elbow Room. In 1982 the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation established a fund in McPherson's name with the UI Alumni Association to support faculty and students in the UI Writers' Workshop. (UI News Service, 5/14/82) He lives on Brown Street. 

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get ideas at parties, jobs at parties, fall in love at parties." (Starla Smith, Iowa City Press Citizen,3-20-82) Of his directorship, Gail Godwin wrote, ". . . more than the average writer who teaches, he leaves his ego at home and sets a tone of quiet diplomacy." (G Godwin, NEW TIMES, 1974) . While a resident of Iowa City Leggett lived at 415 Summit Street. Philip Levine, MFA 1957 MFA UI Writers' Workshop, and taught in the Workshop mid-70's. Levine received the Frank O'Hara Memorial Prize in 1972, and in 1984 he received the James A. Michener Series Abroad award from the Academy of American Poets. His publications include, Sweet Will in 1985, Selected Poems in 1984, and One For The Rose in 1981. He teaches in California. Sinclair Lewis, visiting lecturer UI Writers' Workshop. When Chester Philip (Dean of the College of Commerce and Acting Ui President in 1940) was asked to join with two other faculty members in requesting that Lewis be appointed lecturer in fiction writing, Philips refused. He had heard that Lewis was a drunkard (actually, Lewis had been on the wagon for three years). Lewis was outraged, as were many people in Iowa City. A few weeks later Philips was partly vindicated when Lewis, while teaching at the University of Wisconsin, walked out of his class after the fifth meeting, never to return. (John Gerber, A Pictorial History of The University of Iowa, UI Press, 1989, p 163) Robert (Cal) Lowell, visiting lecturer UI Writers' Workshop in 1950 and 1953. Lowell received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his novel, Lord Weary's Castle, and the 1960 National Book Award for his book of poetry, Life Studies, Of Lowell, Paul Engle has said, " . . . [he] was a very troubled, unstable person, but a brilliant poet and a brilliant teacher. I would say no writer we brought here was an effective with students." (Iowa City, Press Citizen, 9/13/77) Lowell was born into a family that included two other famous poets, Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell. He received the Copernicus Award in 1974 from the Academy of American Poets, and was named Chancellor by the Academy from 1962 until his death in 1977. Hansford (Mike) Martin, taught, UI Writers' Workshop from 1947-50. Martin wrote one novel, educational film scripts, and taught film at Oklahoma City and Cornell University. He died in the late 1980's. " His encouragement and generous help to student writers had much to do with the cooperative spirit of the fiction writing program in those years." (James McConkey, Seems Like Old Times) He lived at 215 N Dubuque Street. James Alan McPherson, MFA 1971 UI Writer's Workshop. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing in the UI Writers' Workshop. McPherson has also taught at the University of California in Santa Cruz, Harvard, Morgan State at Baltimore, and the University of Virginia. In 1970 McPherson received the Award in Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1973 a Guggenheim Fellowship for study abroad. In 1978 he was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for his book, Elbow Room. In 1982 the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation established a fund in McPherson's name with the UI Alumni Association to support faculty and students in the UI Writers' Workshop. (UI News Service, 5/14/82) He lives on Brown Street. 14