Iowa City Public Library Presentations
2008
9/5 Noon - 1:30 pm
“The City”
Niq Mhlongo (S.Africa) paper • Veronica Raimo (Italy) paper • Nikola Madzirov (Macedonia) paper • Ruby Rahman (Bangladesh) paper
9/12 Noon-1:30 pm
“Note to Self”:
Why I Write What I Write (1)
Agnes Lam (Hong Kong/China) paper, Hu Xudong (China) paper, Leonardo Henriquez (Venezuela) paper, Anat Pick (Israel) paper, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike (Nigeria) paper
9/26 Noon-1:30 pm
Writing in Translation/
Writing Across Languages
Kristof Magnusson (Germany/Iceland) paper, Maryam Ala Amjadi (Iran) paper, Carlos Gamerro (Argentina) paper, Yael Globerman (Israel) paper, Yorgos Trillidis (Cyprus) paper
10/3 [no panel]
10/10 Noon-1:30 pm
What Matters Now:
Social Change in the World
Gladyah Namukasa (Uganda) paper, Lee Jang Wook (South Korea) paper, Rogelio Saunders (Spain) paper, Kyaw Win (Myanmar) paper, Ioannis Skaragas (Greece) paper
10/17 Noon-1:30 pm
“Note to Self”:
Why I Write What I Write (2)
Brian Falkner (New Zealand) paper, Kim Gyeongmee (South Korea), John Nkengasong (Cameroon) paper, Dina Gudym (Kazakhstan), Laila Al Atrash (Jordan) paper
10/24 Noon-1:30 pm
The Migrant as Figure
in Literature Today.
Gutierrez Mangansakan II paper (The Philippines), Tarek Eltayeb paper (Austria), Madeleine Thien paper (Canada), Amina Zaydan paper (Egypt)
11/7 Images of America
Reading Series
Shambaugh House,
Fridays 5-6 pm
Refreshments
Prairie Lights, Sundays 5 - 6 pm
2008
8/29 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Ruby Rahman (Bangladesh),
Dina Gudym (Kazakhstan)
8/31/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Hu Xudong (poetry)
Glaydah Namukasa (prose)
Richard Rodriguez (Writing University)
Thursday Night Reading 9/4 8PM Shambaugh House
Reginald Gibbons (Northwestern)
9/5 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Yorgos Trillidis (Cyprus),
Jiannis Skaragas (Greece)
Tuesday Night Reading 9/9 8PM Shambaugh House
Translator Jamie Richards reads
9/7/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Brian Falkner (prose)
Yael Globerman (poetry)
Tom Macher (Writing University)
9/12 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Alina Nelega (Romania)
Anat Pick (Israel)
Monday Night Reading 9/15 8PM Shambaugh House
Shimada Masahiko (Japan)
9/14/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Tarek Eltayeb (prose/poetry mix)
John Nkemngong Nkengasong (prose)
(Writing University)
9/19 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Leonardo Henriquez (Venezuela),
Tang Mangansakan (Philippines)
9/21/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Carlos Gamerro (prose)
Kristof Magnusson (prose/drama)
Elizabeth Cunningham (poetry, Writing University)
9/28/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Madeleine Thien (prose)
Rogelio Saunders (poetry/mixed)
Marcela Fuentes ( fiction, Writing University)
9/26 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Lee Jang Wook (S. Korea)
Kyaw Win (Myanmar)
10/3
NO READING
Tuesday Night Reading 10/7 8PM
Richard Kenney (Ida Beam visitor)
10/5/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Veronica Raimo (prose)
Nikola Madzirov (poetry)
Elaine Kahn (poetry, Writing University)
10/10 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Laila Al Atrash (Jordan),
Haifa Bitar (Syria)
10/12/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Maya Kucherskaya (prose)
Agnes S.L. Lam (prose)
10/17 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Uche Umezurike (Nigeria) &
Gyeongmee Kim (S. Korea)
10/19/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Alexis Stamatis (prose/visitor)
Amena Zaydan (prose)
10/24 5-6 pm Friday - 7:30 pm Shambaugh House
Open World: 4 Russian Writers
10/26/08 Sunday - 5 pm Reading at Prairie Lights
Niq Mhlongo (prose)
Maryam Ala Amjadi (poetry/trans)
10/31
NO READING
Cinematheque
2009 TBA