爱荷华国际写作计划(International Writing Pro-gram,the University of Iowa,简称IWP,原名“作家写作坊”)现位于美国爱荷华大学。美国中部平原的爱荷华州,属温带大陆性气候,大部为平原,仅西北部地势较高,呈丘陵状,土壤肥沃,是玉米带的中心地区。爱荷华 The Iowa International Writing Pro-gram (the University of Iowa, IWP, formerly known as “Writers Workshop”) is located at the University of Iowa. Iowa in the central plains of the United States, is a temperate continental climate, most of the plains, only the higher northwest, was hilly, fertile soil, is the corn belt center. Iowa