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Iowa Digital Library International Writing Program Collection

The IWP is among the best known institutions at the University of Iowa and the premier institution of its kind in the world. In its more than 40-year history, the program has welcomed over 1400 writers from over 120 countries. The UI's School of Library and Information Science has preserved and catalogued IWP's large audio-visual archives so as to make them available to scholars and the public. Click here to enter the IWP Digital Collection. A noteworthy cluster in this archive is the  Peter Nazareth Interview Collection, focusing on writers from Africa For information about holdings in IWP's paper archives, write to iwp@uiowa.edu   Other Audio/Visual documentation

Print interviews with IWP Alumni

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Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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