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"Conversations from the Iowa Writers' Workshop," a series produced by the University of Iowa Center for Media Production, features new interviews on the Big Ten Network this year, with award-winning writers associated with the creative writing program at Iowa. New programs include workshop alumna Yiyun Li, author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants, as well as Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson. Watch >> Yiyun Li Watch >> Marilynne Robinson The program is hosted by Writers' Workshop graduate and International Writing Program staff member Kecia Lynn. The full programing is available on the Center for Media website which has an archive of all previous UI programs. It is also available on the University of Iowa's YouTube site.

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Lesen Sie das Archiv: Lesen Sie die Kommunikation in Echtzeit Read the Live Discussion archive (German) Die Writing University Website hat am Freitag, 5.3. zwischen 11 -12.Uhr (CST) zu einem Echtzeit-Chat mit dem IWP Alumnus Tarek Eltayeb eingeladen. Der Gespraech wurde durchgehend im Englisch und Detsch gehalten; die nachfolgende Abschrift wird ins Englisch und Arabisch uebersetzt. ________________________________________ The Writing University website hosted an online chat with International Writing Program alum Tarek Eltayeb today. The discussion took place entirely in German on Friday, March 5 at 11:00 AM (Central Time). Transcripts in English and Arabic will follow the chat session, available in our Live Discussion archives: Live Discussion archive Tarek Eltayeb (novelist, fiction writer, poet, playwright; Austria) was born in Cairo to Sudanese parents and educated in Austria. He has published five collections of poems, most recently Bacd Az-Zann [‘Certain Suspicions’] (2007), two novels Bayt An-Nakhil [‘The Palm House’] (2006), and Mudun Bila Nakhil [‘Cities Without Palms’] (1992), two short story collections, and a play El-Asanser [‘The Elevator’], (1992). His writings have been translated into several languages, including English. His awards include the Elias Cannetti Fellowship from the City of Vienna and three Major Project Fellowships for Literature. Mr. Eltayeb attended the International Writing Program residency in fall 2008 courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. In 2009, he returned to Iowa to teach creative writing at the IWP summer high school enrichment program for Middle East/Muslim world students, Between the Lines. He will teach again at Between the Lines in summer 2010.

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The Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the University of Iowa is now accepting registrations for its 2010 sessions. Weeklong and weekend workshops including fiction, poetry, nonfiction and playwriting will run from June 13 through July 30. 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 now available by mail, or registration forms may be printed from http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/iswfest/html/registration/Registration_Form.html 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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The Writing University website will host an online chat with International Writing Program alum Yasser Abdel-Latif at 2:00 p.m. (CST) Friday, Feb. 26th. Abdel-Latif will discuss modern literature in Egypt, his experience in Iowa among IWP writers, as well as his philosophy of teaching writing. You can find samples of Abdel-Latif's writing at the IWP website: http://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/index.html. Immediately following the Live Discussion, a full transcript of his responses will be available on the Virtual Writing University website's Live Discussion archive Yasser Abdel Latif participated in the 2009 IWP residency courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.

2010-02-24T16:43:00-06:00 Administrator writinguniversity@gmail.com Poetry, International Writing Program tag:writinguniversity.uiowa.edu,2010:www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu/1.3006 2010-02-22T15:55:00-06:00 2010-02-22T15:55:45-06:00

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is calling all book-collecting students to enter its first Student Book Collection Competition. The contest is sponsored by the CLAS, University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, and the Center for the Book. Currently enrolled students may compete in the following categories: 1. The CLAS Award for the Best Book Collection Submitted by an Undergraduate Student 2. The Special Collections Award for the Best Other-Than-Book Collection Submitted by an Undergraduate Student 3. The Center for the Book Award for Most Creative and Most Creatively Described Collection by an Undergraduate or Graduate Student Winning entries will be displayed in the University’s Main Library. Prizes will take the form of monetary awards or gift certificates to Prairie Lights and Murphy-Brookfield Used Books. Each contestant must submit the following: For the CLAS Award for the Best Book Collection Submitted by an Undergraduate Student and the Special Collections Award for the Best Other-Than-Book Collection Submitted by an Undergraduate Student: A brief 250-word essay about the collection A bibliographic description of the collection (25-50 physical objects) For the Center for the Book Award for the Most Creative and Most Creatively Described Collection by an Undergraduate or Graduate Student: A 500-2000 word essay about a collection. The essay can describe a collection that is entirely imaginary; contestants do not need to have actually collected any of the objects mentioned. Essays and bibliographies must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 26th, 2010. Semi-finalists in the Book and Other-Than-Book contests may be asked to appear before the judges with at least ten representative items from their collections. Essays, bibliographies and a cover sheet should be sent to as a single MS Word document to rawan-alkhatib@uiowa.edu. For more information and competition requirements, see the Book Collection Competition website. Media contact: Rawan Alkhatib, rawan-alkhatib@uiowa.edu

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Para leer la Conversación en Vivo pincha aquí Read the Live Discussion here La página web de la Writing University (Universidad de Escritura) presenta hoy una charla con Fedosy Santaella, un participante anterior del IWP (Programa Internacional de Escritura), y Roberto Echeto, a las 15:00 (CST). Es la primera Conversación en Vivo que ocurre exclusivamente en español. Se producirá un transcrito en inglés después de la charla. Las temas de conversación incluye la literatura/la cultura pop y la literatura/el humor. Para más información, visita sus página web: Fedosy Santaella Roberto Echeto Fedosy Santaella (fiction writer; Venezuela) has published two novels, four short story collections and one novel and three collections of children’s stories. The novel The Unpublished Eventful Journeys of Teofilus (Alfaguara, 2009) is the most recent one. His short story collection Postales sub sole won the 2006 Pocaterra Latin American Literature Biennial’s Novel Prize, and the story collection Moon Rocks was recognized in the 2007 José Antonio Ramos Sucre Literary Biennial. He has written for HBO and Cinemax, and contributes to magazines and newspapers in Venezuela. Santaella is the Creative Writing Workshop coordinator at UNIMET in Caracas. He is also the editor of the literary webzine http://www.hermanoschang.blogspot.com since 2006. Fedosy Santaella participated in the 2009 IWP Fall Residency courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1970, Roberto Echeto graduated in humanities from Universidad Católica Andres Bello. He is a radio producer, journalist, graphic artist and writer, contributing essays and opinions to dailies such as El Nacional and to the journals Claro and El Malpensante. He is the author of the novel No habrá final and of two short story collections (Cuentos líquidos and Breviario galante). Since 2005 he blogs at http://www.robertoecheto.blogspot.com.

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Iowa City and the Iowa City Public Library are participating in this year's National Endowment of the Art campaign "The Big Read" with many other community organizations including Summer of the Arts and the Public Libraries of Johnson County. The "The Big Read" kicks off this month with this year's book, Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451.” There will be events and activities throughout Johnson County running through the beginning of March. During the month of February, public libraries in Coralville, Iowa City, North Liberty and Solon will show a number of Bradbury films as well. Learn more about the campaign and view a list of the events at the "Big Read" website. Simultaneously, "Carry a Poem 2010", an initiative by the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, has kicked off in Edinburgh. It is their fourth citywide reading campaign, being run in conjunction with the Scottish Poetry Library and City of Edinburgh Libraries. The campaign launched formally in February and a range of events and celebrations will take place during the whole month. To read more about the campaign and to see an an event overview, visit their website: http://www.carryapoem.com

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The Writing University website hosted an online chat with South African writer and International Writing Program alum Maxine Case at 3:00 p.m. (CST) Thursday, Feb. 11th. Maxine was joined by Zuki Wanner in the discussion. They discussed their experience in the international writing community, as well as other literary topics. To read Maxine's work visit the IWP website. Read an archive of the discussion: Maxine Case and Zuki Wanner Maxine Case (fiction writer, novelist; South Africa) is a senior writer for the non-profit Cape Town Partnership. She contributes to a number newspapers and magazines, including Real Simple, Reader’s Digest and O Magazine. Her short story “Homing Pigeons” was included in African Compass: New Writing from Southern Africa 2005. In 2007, her debut novel All We Have Left Unsaid won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in Africa, and, jointly, the Herman Charles Bosman Award. She participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.

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The Writing University website hosted an online chat with Australian writer and International Writing Program alum Alice Pung at 2:00 p.m. (CST) Friday, Feb. 5th. Alice discussed her experience as a resident at the IWP, her place in the international writing community, as well as other literary topics. To peruse Alice's work and read more about her literary career, visit her website: http://www.alicepung.com/ Read the archive of the discussion here: Live Discussion with Alice Pung Alice Pung (fiction writer, playwright, nonfiction writer; Australia) was born in Melbourne to Cambodian parents. She has published the memoir Unpolished Gem (2006), which won the Australian Book Industry Association award for Newcomer of the Year and was short-listed for numerous other awards, ;and the short story collection Growing Up Asian in Australia (2008). Her work was also included in Best Australian Short Stories 2007. A lawyer by trade, she contributes regularly to The Age. She participated in the International Writing Program courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.

2010-02-05T21:06:00-06:00 Administrator writinguniversity@gmail.com tag:writinguniversity.uiowa.edu,2010:www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu/1.2972 2010-01-27T20:23:01-06:00 2010-01-27T20:25:49-06:00

This Cedar Rapids Gazette article highlights The Patient Voice Project, a University of Iowa Arts Share program that pairs people who have chronic or mental illness with Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate students for at least six weeks of free writing classes. Launched in 2004 by a workshop student, the program has helped more than 100 people. "This writing class helped me come to terms with the fact that my disease is progressing. I don't know that I would have just admitted that otherwise," said Molly Baker, who has cystic fibrosis. "It helped me get that out, and that was important." Read the entire article here: Patient Voice Project

2010-01-27T20:23:01-06:00 Administrator writinguniversity@gmail.com Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Science/Medical Writing