Kiley: What makes Iowa so special is they are the school that invented the workshop process where you turn in work the week before, everyone reads it. Then you sit there silently while everyone gives feedback. It’s not easy. I think it’s really important. It’s difficult when everyone's going around talking about what's working or what's not working. Then you have to go to dinner and show a brave face right after. I went in knowing that I wanted readers who would extend my time there. I came out with three women who are my people and my readers of everything. I probably took eighty-five percent of the edits that were given to me. That was a great workshop.