the IOWA REVIEW
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contributing editors
Jenny Boully, Stephen Burt, John Freeman, Robin Hemley, Wayne Koestenbaum, Yiyun Li, Tom Lutz, Dora Malech, Ben Marcus, Khaled Mattawa, Vanessa Place, Cole Swensen, Russell Scott Valentino, Wendy S. Walters, Jan Weissmiller
editorial assistants
Noah Baldino, Justin Boening, Brittany Borghi, Enrico Bruno, Frances Cannon, Elena Carter, Rajnesh Chakrapani, Dylan Cooley, Molly Coon, Rory Cullen, Magda Montiel Davis, Gemma de Choisy, Julian Delacruz, Iracema Drew, Jack Dugan, Anaïs Duplan, Micah Fields, Parke Haskell, Maya Hlavacek, Jane Huffman, Celine Izsak, Jade Jones, Sara Katschka, Anna Keil, Matthew Kelsey, Nathan Kooker, Chloe Livaudais, Annalee Moody, Melody Murray, Patricia Nash, Hong-thao Nguyen, Liam O’brien, Paul Osgerby, Dini Parayitam, Robert H. Peck, Dina Peone, Joey Radu, Anne Sand, Lucy Schiller, Emily Spencer, Meredith Stabel, Jennifer Stern, Jonathan Stout, Lisa Sullivan, Ryan Tucker, Katy Turner, Natalie Upchurch, Christine Utz, Chloe Waryan, Brittany Williams, Elizabeth Wilson, Alicia Wright, James Yu
interns
Alexander Bradbury, Robyn Henderson, Hannah Soyer
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