Department of English

Originally from Rome, Georgia, Alicia Wright received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD in English and Literary Arts from the University of Denver. She is the author of You're Called By The Same Sound (Thirdhand Books, 2025) and A Coin, A Moth, A Literary Journal (DoubleCross Press, 2026). Her poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Chicago Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, where she works as Managing Editor of The Iowa Review, serves as editor and publisher of Annulet and Annulet Editions, and hosts the poetry reading series Normie Creep in the Sacred Grove.