Associate Professor David Dowling was recently interviewed by The Daily Vonnegut about his book, "A Delicate Aggression: Kurt Vonnegut at the Iowa Writers' Workshop." 

In A Delicate Aggression: Savagery and Survival in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (2019 – Yale University Press), David O. Dowling explores the history of America’ preeminent creative writing program.  When Kurt Vonnegut joined the Workshop faculty during the mid-1960’s he stood out for his lack of distinction.  What was an obscure science fiction writer doing teaching the most promising writing students in the country?  In his chapter on Vonnegut’s time at the Workshop, Dowling traces Vonnegut’s metamorphosis from relative anonymity to literary superstardom.

Dowling shared his thoughts with The Daily Vonnegut.

You can read the full interview here.