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Kinda Famous Asian American Writers Taking Over at Iowa

by Timothy Yu on April 18, 2005

Okay, I’m just seeing how long I can keep this title thing going. But there’s hasn’t been much discussion about the fact that Lan Samantha Chang has been named the new director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. That’s kind of cool. I guess it just goes to show that if you become a famous Asian American novelist, you will be rewarded by being forced to run an MFA program.

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