The International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa announced on Thursday it is having to make drastic cuts, because vital grants awarded to the program by the U.S. State Department are “being terminated.”
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University of Iowa Translation Workshop celebrates 60 years of supporting the art and labor of translation
The Masters of Fine Arts in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa is one of only a handful of similar programs worldwide. A key facet, the 60-year-old UI Translation Workshop, predates the MFA program by a decade. Boasting the title of “the country’s first translation workshop in a university setting,” it took shape during […]
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International Writing Program collaborates on reading in support of Burmese/Myanma poets
Since the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (Burma) had its most recent military coup d’etat on February 1, 2021, preventing the leaders elected last November from being sworn in, over 700 citizens have been killed, nearly one-third of its schoolteachers have been suspended for their opposition to the coup, and thousands have been detained, many […]
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An Anthony Bourdain tribute dinner brings together St. Burch Tavern’s chef and IWP writers
Bourdain died by suicide on June 8 of this year, leaving us — his restaurant kin, writers, travelers, chefs and eaters — to celebrate him, and to continue to celebrate other cultures, with our own meals, travels and words. It is in this celebratory vein that Gabe Branch, chef de cuisine at St. Burch Tavern, will collaborate with four writers from the University of Iowa International Writing Program for a Parts Unknown tribute dinner, part of the lineup for this year’s Witching Hour festival.
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En Español: Argentina’s deep political divisions have created a ‘cold civil war’
Argentina is living in a moment of social fracture. Society is pushed by the public discourse to take a side, and people have lost the ability to debate: it all turns into big fights about whether you believe one version of the truth or the opposite.
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Little Village International Kitchen: International Writing Program at PS1 (VIDEO)
Residents of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program are given once-a-week access to the community kitchen at Public Space One for the cooking of meals and sharing of cultural cuisines.
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En Español: Far from Venezuela, Iowa City is uncomfortably calm
¿Qué sucede cuando, en efecto, nadie te persigue? ¿Cómo te explicas el contraste generado entre la vida real que te espera al volver y este idilio en el Norte de todo? / What happens when there’s in fact no one persecuting you? How do you explain the contrast between the real life that awaits you when you return and this idyll in the North with everything?
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International Writing Program participating in Worldwide Reading for Ashraf Fayadh
Reading for Ashraf Fayadh Shambaugh House — Thursday, January 14 at Noon As part of an initiative sponsored by the International Literature Festival Berlin, the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP) will be hosting a reading in support of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, who is currently in prison and under threat of death penalty […]
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Technical Dystopias: An interview with Russian author Alisa Ganieva
Alisa Ganieva’s career as a fiction writer began in 2009 when her story, “Salam, Dalgat!” won Russia’s Debut Literary Prize. Written under a male pseudonym…
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Summer writing programs sponsor Youth Open Mic Night
High Grounds Café will play host to an open mic night tonight featuring young writers, aged 16 to 19, from around the world. The event will be the first of its kind — a collaborative…
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Theatres collaborate across countries and cultures for Book Wings South Africa
On March 10, 2015, across 8,500 miles and two oceans, theaters in Iowa City and Cape Town will host a special cross-cultural theater collaboration with the…
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This Friday: Writers in residence at the UI’s International Writing Program reflect on their time in Iowa
Writers in residence at the UI’s International Writing Program (IWP) will speak about their three-month stay in Iowa City this Friday, Oct. 31 at an event…
