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A Literary Walking Tour of Eastside Iowa City, Spring 1990

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Ray B. West Jr., a student and teaching assistant, 1940 UI Writers' Workshop, West returned to UI in 1949 as an Associate Professor of English. When he accepted the faculty position at UI West brought with him the Western Review (founded in Utah as Rocky Mountain Review)  When he resigned at UI in 1959 to accept a faculty position in California, he merged the Western Review with the publication, Contact. He continues to teach in California. While a resident of Iowa City he lived at 829 Kirkwood Avenue.

Tennessee Williams, received his BA in 1938 after enrolling at UI as a senior. Williams twice received the Pulitzer Prize for drama: " A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1948 and "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" in 1955. (The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams, Donald Spoto, Boston Little Brown, 1985, p 56-67) While a student he waited tables at a dormitory and lived at 421 S Capitol Street. 

William Carlos Williams, visiting lecturer, UI Writers' Workshop. He was a physician and a writer/poet who was awarded a Fellowship in 1956 by the Academy of American poets. In 1925 he published In the American Grain. His Paterson (NJ) series was published in 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1958. Williams died in 1963.

Richard Yates, studied and taught in UI Writers' Workshop from 1964-70. His students William Kittredge and Luke Wallin said of him: " . . . [he] taught responsibility to the characters and story, to readers, and to the author. . . to take time within your own terms, and let the reputation take care of itself. His lasting example was of a writer who had taken his tradition deeply to heart." (Seems Like Old Times)

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Ray B. West Jr., a student and teaching assistant, 1940 UI Writers' Workshop, West returned to UI in 1949 as an Associate Professor of English. When he accepted the faculty position at UI West brought with him the Western Review (founded in Utah as Rocky Mountain Review) When he resigned at UI in 1959 to accept a faculty position in California, he merged the Western Review with the publication, Contact. He continues to teach in California. While a resident of Iowa City he lived at 829 Kirkwood Avenue. Tennessee Williams, received his BA in 1938 after enrolling at UI as a senior. Williams twice received the Pulitzer Prize for drama: " A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1948 and "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" in 1955. (The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams, Donald Spoto, Boston Little Brown, 1985, p 56-67) While a student he waited tables at a dormitory and lived at 421 S Capitol Street. William Carlos Williams, visiting lecturer, UI Writers' Workshop. He was a physician and a writer/poet who was awarded a Fellowship in 1956 by the Academy of American poets. In 1925 he published In the American Grain. His Paterson (NJ) series was published in 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1958. Williams died in 1963. Richard Yates, studied and taught in UI Writers' Workshop from 1964-70. His students William Kittredge and Luke Wallin said of him: " . . . [he] taught responsibility to the characters and story, to readers, and to the author. . . to take time within your own terms, and let the reputation take care of itself. His lasting example was of a writer who had taken his tradition deeply to heart." (Seems Like Old Times) 19