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The Life of Discovery: A US/Western China Exchange

Reading Abroad: American Writers on Tour

Between the Lines

International Conferences

Souk Ukaz: A Market of Ideas

The New Symposium

Creative Cities Network

Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature (logo)Together with the Office of the Mayor of Iowa City and colleagues from local writing institutions, IWPsubmitted an application to UNESCO in December 2007 for Iowa City to join the Creative Cities network under the rubric of Literature. November 20, 2009 the Director-General of UNESCO notified us that Iowa City had been nominated as the first American City of Literature of the Creative Cities Network. Edinburgh and Melbourne are the other two Cities of Literature.

Read more, listen to audio, and view photos and videos celebrating Iowa City: City of Literature on the Writing University website.