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UIIWP: More info. on our excellent Book Wings project is now up at the Shambaugh House Blog: http://t.co/YK0LfnRY

February 22, 2012 - 11:28am
UIIWP: More info. on our excellent Book Wings project is now up at the Shambaugh House Blog: http://t.co/YK0LfnRY

UIIWP: RT @TheBrowser: Special Report - David Foster Wallace: In memory of a great fiction writer, who would have been 50 today http://t.co/oZC ...

February 21, 2012 - 2:00pm
UIIWP: RT @TheBrowser: Special Report - David Foster Wallace: In memory of a great fiction writer, who would have been 50 today http://t.co/oZC ...

UIIWP: Ah, Shambaugh House, what a history you've had here at the University of Iowa: http://t.co/KIbFKrz2

February 21, 2012 - 2:00pm
UIIWP: Ah, Shambaugh House, what a history you've had here at the University of Iowa: http://t.co/KIbFKrz2

UIIWP: Now up at Granta; IWP director and poet Christopher Merrill on his recent trip to Afghanistan: http://t.co/hDh090aj

February 20, 2012 - 9:01am
UIIWP: Now up at Granta; IWP director and poet Christopher Merrill on his recent trip to Afghanistan: http://t.co/hDh090aj

UIIWP: New Music program at the University of Iowa to set Marvin Bell's poetry to music: http://t.co/UtMD4lI3

February 17, 2012 - 11:45am
UIIWP: New Music program at the University of Iowa to set Marvin Bell's poetry to music: http://t.co/UtMD4lI3

UIIWP: A great column on the future of the brick and mortar bookstore from Champlain College's Initiative blog: http://t.co/oGCNBzkQ

February 17, 2012 - 11:11am
UIIWP: A great column on the future of the brick and mortar bookstore from Champlain College's Initiative blog: http://t.co/oGCNBzkQ

UIIWP: Friends in Quezon City, go see our friend Joel Toledo (IWP 2011) tomorrow night! http://t.co/ajwPsRIN

February 16, 2012 - 3:37pm
UIIWP: Friends in Quezon City, go see our friend Joel Toledo (IWP 2011) tomorrow night! http://t.co/ajwPsRIN

UIIWP: A great piece in today's Iowa Press Citizen about Iowa's (and the IWP's) history of diplomacy: http://t.co/j0VlquW5

February 15, 2012 - 12:10pm
UIIWP: A great piece in today's Iowa Press Citizen about Iowa's (and the IWP's) history of diplomacy: http://t.co/j0VlquW5

UIIWP: Our colleagues at the UNESCO City of Literature office will be on KRUI's "The Lit Show" today at 2 PM CST!: http://t.co/rBZcHjCt

February 15, 2012 - 12:03pm
UIIWP: Our colleagues at the UNESCO City of Literature office will be on KRUI's "The Lit Show" today at 2 PM CST!: http://t.co/rBZcHjCt

UIIWP: "A Year of Reading the World" by writer/editor Ann Morgan, featuring some of our very own alumni!: http://t.co/dVw33iwf

February 14, 2012 - 3:18pm
UIIWP: "A Year of Reading the World" by writer/editor Ann Morgan, featuring some of our very own alumni!: http://t.co/dVw33iwf

UIIWP: Alex Epstein (IWP 2007) has made his new book 'For My Next Trick I'll Need Wings' available on Facebook: http://t.co/OV114oN4

February 14, 2012 - 12:59pm
UIIWP: Alex Epstein (IWP 2007) has made his new book 'For My Next Trick I'll Need Wings' available on Facebook: http://t.co/OV114oN4

UIIWP: A wonderful essay about spirituality by the University of Iowa's Marilynne Robinson, from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: http://t.co/MUTq5G6t

February 14, 2012 - 12:20pm
UIIWP: A wonderful essay about spirituality by the University of Iowa's Marilynne Robinson, from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: http://t.co/MUTq5G6t

UIIWP: Filmmaker Ram Devineni talks about the IWP's spring 2011 trip to Nepal, Afghanistan, and Pakistan over at the ECA site: http://t.co/OqJ05bIH

February 13, 2012 - 8:54am
UIIWP: Filmmaker Ram Devineni talks about the IWP's spring 2011 trip to Nepal, Afghanistan, and Pakistan over at the ECA site: http://t.co/OqJ05bIH

UIIWP: RT @ALTA_USA: Two reports from this week's award ceremony of the Translation Prizes 2011, sponsored by the TLS: http://t.co/cAD65G7P htt ...

February 10, 2012 - 5:00pm
UIIWP: RT @ALTA_USA: Two reports from this week's award ceremony of the Translation Prizes 2011, sponsored by the TLS: http://t.co/cAD65G7P htt ...

UIIWP: A shot of today's successful high definition test call with the Moscow Art Theatre! Stay tuned for more on Book Wings! http://t.co/J9vKjuPa

February 10, 2012 - 4:34pm
UIIWP: A shot of today's successful high definition test call with the Moscow Art Theatre! Stay tuned for more on Book Wings! http://t.co/J9vKjuPa

UIIWP: Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa (IWP '07) in the Huffington Post, decrying ongoing violence against the Syrian people: http://t.co/LVb1QpxW

February 9, 2012 - 11:13am
UIIWP: Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa (IWP '07) in the Huffington Post, decrying ongoing violence against the Syrian people: http://t.co/LVb1QpxW

UIIWP: Congrats to Leslie Jamison, who joined us on a Life of Discovery exchange, on winning Graywolf's nonfiction prize! http://t.co/ir3YSLCZ

February 8, 2012 - 7:37pm
UIIWP: Congrats to Leslie Jamison, who joined us on a Life of Discovery exchange, on winning Graywolf's nonfiction prize! http://t.co/ir3YSLCZ

UIIWP: A review of The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q by Kurahashi Yumiko (IWP '66) at the Complete Review: http://t.co/oqx7px0h

February 7, 2012 - 2:10pm
UIIWP: A review of The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q by Kurahashi Yumiko (IWP '66) at the Complete Review: http://t.co/oqx7px0h

UIIWP: RT @ICPL: Discuss Dickens & have some cake. Wish Dickens a happy 200th b-day at ICPL 7 p.m. tonight! http://t.co/IDFKh8kM

February 7, 2012 - 2:02pm
UIIWP: RT @ICPL: Discuss Dickens & have some cake. Wish Dickens a happy 200th b-day at ICPL 7 p.m. tonight! http://t.co/IDFKh8kM

UIIWP: RT @UI_VWU: Flannery O’Connor, Iowa City, 1948! This picture is from our City of Lit mobile website — where we have gathered ... » http: ...

February 7, 2012 - 1:56pm
UIIWP: RT @UI_VWU: Flannery O’Connor, Iowa City, 1948! This picture is from our City of Lit mobile website — where we have gathered ... » http: ...

Happening Now... (more)
  • Nigerian playwright, novelist, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka gave a public lecture on November 6 as part of the closing festivities of the 2011 IWP residency.

  • The newest release from 91st Meridian Books: How to Write an Earthquake, a trilingual French-Creole-English e-anthology of poetry and prose responding to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

  • The IWP's 2010 Annual Report is available for viewing (PDF / SWF).

  • The Norwegian Writers' Association has awarded its 2011 free expression award to Ma Thida (IWP 2005). She is its first-ever recipient from Burma.

  • In the first issue of the independent, English-language Iraq Literary Review, edited by Baghdad-based critics Soheil Najm (IWP 2009) and Sadek. R. Mohamed: 100+ pages of criticism, poetry, fiction, translations…