here<\/a>, and here are a few highlights:<\/p>\nGlobal Play Collaborative<\/b
\nSunday, October 7 \u2013 Monday, October 8
\n12:00 pm \u2013 12:00 pm (not open to the public)<\/p>\n
Playwrights from around the world work together to create a play within a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n
Panel: World Lit Net: Writing in the Age of Global Communication<\/b>
\nMonday, October 8
\n12:00 \u2013 1:30 pm
\nE105 Adler Journalism Building<\/p>\n
Editors and writers (Matvei Yankelevich, Michael Orthofer, Chad Post, Cris Mattison, Dedi Felman, and Eliot Weinberger; Russell Valentino and Nata\u0161a Durovi\u010dov\u00e1, moderators) discuss the value of the Internet as a tool of dissemination, a locus of literary community, and a potential engine for (or roadblock to) \u201cworld literature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reading: Ersi Sotiropoulos, Hamdy el-Gazzar<\/b>
\nMonday, October 8
\n7:00 \u2013 8:00 pm
\nPrairie Lights<\/p>\n
Greek novelist Ersi Sotiropoulos (IWP<\/span> \u201981) reads from her fifth novel, Zig-Zag Through the Bitter Orange Trees.<\/i> Egyptian novelist and IWP<\/span> 2007 resident Hamdy el-Gazzar reads from his first novel, Black Magic.<\/i><\/p>\nDiscussion: The World\u2019s Voice In Our Ear: Influences of World Literature on Writing and Writers<\/b>
\nTuesday, October 9
\n12:00 \u2013 1:30 pm
\n140 Schaeffer<\/p>\n
Eliot Weinberger, Iowa Review editor David Hamilton, and IWP<\/span> 2007 resident Istv\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Geher (Hungary) discuss the influence of world literature on their work and on their native literature.<\/p>\nDiscussion: Publishing Books in Translation<\/b>
\nTuesday, October 9
\n2:00 \u2013 3:00 pm
\nShambaugh House<\/p>\n
Discussion on publishing with Sal Robinson, an editor in the international books division of Harcourt, and Russell Valentino, UI professor and co-founder of Autumn Hill Press, which specializes in translations of foreign-language fiction.<\/p>\n
Reception and Retrospective: 40 Years of the IWP<\/b>
\nTuesday, October 9
\n5:30 \u2013 7:30 pm*
\nAtrium, UI Art Museum<\/p>\n
Guests, including IWP<\/span> founder Hualing Engle, IWP<\/span> director Chris Merrill, Daniel Weissbort, Stavros Deligiorgis, and Peter Nazareth share their memories of the IWP<\/span>.<\/p>\nPanel: Creating and Promoting African Literature<\/b>
\nThursday, October 11
\n12:00 \u2013 1:30 pm
\nMeeting Room A, Iowa City Public Library<\/p>\n
IWP<\/span> 2007 residents Tom Dreyer (South Africa) and Peter Kimani (Kenya), along with former UI associate dean Sandra Barkan and Rwandan poet and UNI<\/span> professor of English Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, discuss the business of writing and literature on the African continent. Moderated by Peter Nazareth, UI professor of English. Co-sponsored by the African Studies Program.<\/p>\nPanel: State of the Art: Literature From Where I Stand<\/b>
\nTuesday, October 11
\n12:00 \u2013 1:30 pm
\nMeeting Room A, Iowa City Public Library<\/p>\n
IWP<\/span> 2007 residents James T.C. Na (China\/Philippines), Simone Inguanez (Malta), Nirwan Dewanto (Indonesia), Khaled Khalifa (Syria), and Kei Miller (Jamaica) discuss \u201cworld perspectives and home literatures.\u201d<\/p>\nPanel: Cultural Diplomacy: The Writer and the World<\/b>
\n4:00 \u2013 5:00 pm
\nSenate Chambers, Old Capitol<\/p>\n
Discussion of the roles writers and their advocates play in increasing understanding between cultures. Panelists scheduled to appear include Richard Arndt, author of “First Resort of Kings: US Cultural Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century,” former Congressman James Leach, UI professor of English Harry Stecopoulos, and IWP<\/span> 2007 resident Kavery Nambisan (India).<\/p>\nAnd this is just a sample. Too bad this is overlapping with the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Be sure and check out the list of writers<\/a> in the program this year—it’s very impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting Sunday, the University of Iowa will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Writing Program with a host of interesting events. Everything kicks off Sunday at 5:00 at Prairie Lights where Daniel Weissbort, Matvei Yankelevich, and Michael Judd will be reading. The complete list of events is available here, and here are a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67486],"tags":[1836,6986,1646],"class_list":["post-256686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-cwp","tag-international-writing-program","tag-review"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327966,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256686\/revisions\/327966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}