Iowa and Invisible Man: Making Blackness Visible

November 17, 2011

Sponsored in part by the English Department and the Center for Teaching, an exciting week of events associated with “Iowa and Invisible Man: Making Blackness Visible” will begin immediately after Thanksgiving break from Tuesday, November 29, through Saturday, December 3. Events will take place at various locations around campus and will include such discussions as 'Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man—A Roundtable on the Literary Past and Theatrical Future of a Great American Novel' and 'Black Hawkeyes: Midcentury Memories of the University of Iowa'. All events are open to the public.

Visit the Iowa and Invisible Man website for more details.

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UI to Offer MFA in Spanish Creative Writing

November 02, 2011

The University of Iowa will build upon its superior reputation in creative writing by establishing a new graduate degree in Spanish creative writing. The Board of Regents approved the Master of Fine Arts program today, and the UI will begin enrolling students to start in spring of 2012.

UI administrators say the program will cater to a rapidly growing Hispanic audience and will serve as a beacon for students who wish to pursue creative writing opportunities in their first language.

"Spanish is not a foreign language anymore. It's a national language, and this program will help many bilingual writers express themselves creatively in both languages," says Mercedes Niño-Murcia, professor and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). "It will also further expose students, faculty, and the community to a wide array of creative individuals from around the world."

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Mission Creek Festival Literary Lineup

March 21, 2011

The sixth annual Mission Creek Festival is proud to announce its lineup of literary events alongside the slate of musicians performing from March 28th to April 4th. Integral throughout the six years of the festival, writers, small presses, and literary journals from across the country will, in 2011, continue the growing presence of the literary arts participating in the festival. The lineup includes a special edition of the radio show Sound Opinions, a reading presented by the esteemed literary journal Granta, a performance by writer/filmmaker John Waters, and the first annual Mission Creek Festival Literary Crawl which will feature several writers reading all across downtown Iowa City!

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2011 Iowa Summer Writing Festival Now Accepting Registrations

February 17, 2011

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the University of Iowa is now accepting registrations for its 2011 sessions. Weeklong and weekend workshops including fiction, poetry, nonfiction and playwriting will run from June 12 through July 29. In all, more than 150 noncredit workshops will be held. Visit the Iowa Summer Writing Festival website for a full list of sessions and biographic sketches of the faculty.

A brochure is available by mail, or register at http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/UIConferences. Registrants may sign up for only one workshop per session, but they may register for as many sessions as they wish. Payment is required at the time of registration.

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival, based at the world's premier academic center for creative writing for more than two decades, is designed to benefit writers at all levels of experience and achievement. In small groups -- festival classes include no more than a dozen participants -- adult writers of all ages from throughout the country share, read and discuss their work under the leadership of accomplished writer/educators. The atmosphere is constructive and supportive.

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