![THE WORKSHOP: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in 20th Century American Literature. by [Kittredge, William; Packer, ZZ signed] Grimes, Tom, editor](https://images.bookfever.com/production/11/24066---height_450.jpg?v=1519342015)
THE WORKSHOP: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in 20th Century American Literature.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Introduction by Frank Conroy. Traces the Iowa Writers' Workshop's decade-by-decade evolution from the 1930s through the present. Includes stories from such Iowa alumni as Wallace Stegner in the 30's, Flannery O'Connor in the 40's, Raymond Carver, Bharati Mukherjee, Joy Williams and Andre Dubus in the 60's, T.C. Boyle and Jane Smiley in the 70's up to Chris Offut, Susan Power and ZZ Packer in the 90's. Brief introduction to each selection. SIGNED by TWO contributors: Willam Kittredge at "Thirty-four Seasons of Winter" and by ZZ Packer at her story, "Speaking in Tongues." 766 pages. ISBN: 0-7868-65032.
Condition: Fair condition only in a near fine dust jacket (an apparently unread copy, but binding broken before title page.) A massive book.