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In November of 2012, a handful of IWP writers together with dancers from the NYC-based Battery Dance Company put the keyword 'freedom' into pure motion.

Book Wings

In 2013, IWP collaborates with the Moscow Art Theatre and the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre to present Book Wings China and Book Wings Russia, two groundbreaking collaborative literary and theatrical performances.

 

 

WhitmanWeb, a multilingual gallery

Every week, find a new section of Walt Whitman’s emblematic poem “Song of Myself,” with commentaries, questions, images, and a live reading. Then read the section in a Chinese, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Ukrainian translation.

In July 2008 a group of Chinese IWP alumni met for dinner in Beijing to celebrate the publication of a new edition of Hualing Engle's 2004 memoir Images of Three Lives. Among those in the photo are Xi Chuan, Xu Hudong, Bi Feiyu, Su Tong, Lou Ye, Chi Zijian, Li Rui, Jiang Yun, Liu Heng, and Mo Yan (2nd from right, 2nd row), winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature.

International Summer Creative Writing Program for Young Writers

Between the Lines: The Writing Experience is a summer program that brings together young writers from the USA, Russia and Arabic-speaking countries to develop their writing skills while engaging in cultural exchange. 

The IWP’s Distance Learning Creative Writing Program

As the IWP’s distance learning initiative, the DLCWP seeks to maintain a visible, ongoing, and active IWP presence in the world. Programs are ongoing all year long, deepening existing connections and welcoming new collaborators.

  • A dancer's gesture to Luis Bravo's text: IWP @ Battery Dance Co
  • WhitmanWeb, a multilingual gallery
  • International Summer Creative Writing Program for High School Teens
  • The IWP’s Distance Learning Creative Writing Program

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WhitmanWeb: a multilingual gallery

WhitmanWeb: a multilingual gallery

 Every week, find a new section of Walt Whitman’s emblematic poem “Song of Myself,” with commentaries, questions, images, and a live reading....
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