'Iowa City' in Poets and Writers Magazine

Submitted by admin on May 21, 2012
Jan Weissmiller, co-owner of Prairie Lights Books, has authored a loving paean to our local literary scene published this month in the online arm of Poets and Writers.

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Spectacle and Pigsty sweeps the Best Translated Book of Poetry 2012 Award

May 18, 2012

The 2012 Best Translated Book Award for poetry, given annually by the indispensable  journal and site Three Percent  has just been announced at the PEN New Voices festival, and it goes to a title featuring not one but two IWP alumni: Spectacle and Pigsty is a selection from two decades of  work of  the Japanese avant-gardist  Kiwao Nomura (IWP '05) selected, edited and co-translated by Kyoko Yoshida (IWP '05), with

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Sundance Picks UI Alum for 2012 NativeLab Fellowship

Submitted by admin on May 15, 2012
Sundance Institute announced the four fellows -- including Jeffrey Palmer, an graduate of the University of Iowa.

The Sundance Institute announced the four fellows and projects selected for the 2012 NativeLab Fellowship, a two-stage development program that provides continuous and direct support to Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native film artists. Included in their selection was Jeffrey Palmer, an alum of the University of Iowa (M.F.A. 2012 in Film and Video Production).

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Shane McCrae reading

Recorded: February 28, 2012

Poet and Writers' Workshop graduate Shane McCrae reads from his work. Shane McCrae is the author of Mule, published by Cleveland State University Press in 2011, and of the chapbooks One Neither One and In Canaan. His work has appeared in African... read more

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