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The Perch: Literature

What's in the Perch?

Literature

Browse this area to read the best emerging voices from top literary journals. Check out award winners in fiction, poetry, and other genres too! 

Literature Call Numbers

If you want to read more literature, check out PR for English Literature (Main Library 4th floor West) and PS for American Literature (4th Floor West and 2nd Floor Southwest) or see the full Library of Congress call number range for global literatures. 

Creative Theses / Dissertations

How to find theses:

  • Go to InfoHawk+.
  • Select Browse by: Call numbers (other).
  • Type t2016. 
  • The results will be all the creative theses in 2016. 
  • Repeat for any other desired years. 

UIowa Magid Center Undergraduate Literary Journals

The magazines in this box are published by undergraduate students at the University of Iowa with the support of the Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing on campus! You can find copies of them in The Perch and in the Magid Center itself (24 Phillips Hall).

Literary Journals Gallery

Black Warrior Review

InfoHawk+
Website
MLA Directory
Wiki

Columbia Review

InfoHawk+
Website

Earthwords

InfoHawk+
Listen to earthwords Readings (2009-2019)
Website
* UI publication for undergraduate writing.

Oxford Poetry

InfoHawk+
Website

A Public Space

InfoHawk+
Website
Wiki

Best American Series 2024

The Best American Poetry 2024

The Best American Short Stories 2024

The Best American Essays 2024

The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024