March 13, 2008
U. of Iowa Writing Students Revolt Against a Plan They Say Would Give Away Their Work on the Web
Graduate students in the University of Iowa's writing programs are up in arms. A new university procedure, they fear, will make their novels, plays, and other creative works—done as dissertations—freely available on the Web. That could undermine the commercial value and possibly embarrass the authors, they charge.
Some students, alumni, and professors in Iowa's nonfiction-writing program, playwrights' workshop, translation program, and the renowned writers' workshop
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