Paul Engle

Paul Engle (1908-1991) was a noted American poet, writer, editor, and novelist. He is perhaps best remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and as founder of the International Writing Program (IWP), both at the University of Iowa.

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Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
— Paul Engle

A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the original event happened, and that same smell was the first air that the Christ Child breathed.
— Paul Engle