2011 Events

Iowa City Public Library Panel Series

Fridays, Noon–1:30pm
Refreshments

09/09

  • "9/11: 10 Years Later"
    • MOELE, Kgebetli (South Africa) paper
    • QUINTANA, Pilar (Colombia) paper
    • Bina SHAH (Pakistan)
    • SHOUFANI, Hind (Jordan) paper

    A panel discussion with IWP writers. This panel only at the Gerber Lounge, EEPB

09/16

  • "Translation/Writing Across Languages"
    • BARAL, Ajit (Nepal) paper
    • PETROVA, Alexandra (Russia/Italy) paper
    • REGAN, Nell (Ireland) paper
    • TSE, Dorothy (Hong Kong) paper

    A panel discussion with IWP writers. Refreshments served.

09/23

  • "Writer Rules: Share What You Go By"
    • BLOOM, Kevin (South Africa)
    • Usha K. R. (India) paper
    • KANOR, Fabienne (France) paper
    • MOELE, Kgebetli (South Africa) paper
    • SAKAL, Moshe (Israel) paper
    • VICTOR, Marvin (Haiti) paper
    • ZHANG Yueran (China) paper

    A panel discussion with IWP writers on "Writer Rules: Share What You Go By"

10/07

  • "Genre Lit: Bodice Rippers, Aliens and High Form?"
    • CRISTOFF, Maria Sonia (Argentina) paper
    • PHAN Hon Nhien (Vietnam) paper
    • PROMISE, Ogochukwu (Nigeria) paper
    • RICO, Eugenia (Spain) paper

    Panel presentations by five IWP writers. "Freedom's Limit? Core Values in a Changing World"

10/14

  • "Freedom's Limit? Core Values in a Changing World"
    • NORBU, Jamyang (Tibet) paper
    • ODA Onetti, Milena (Germany) paper
    • STRACHAN, Zoë (Scotland) paper
    • SUNIAGA, Francisco (Venezuela) paper
    • TIANG, Jeremy (Singapore) paper

    "Why I Write What I Write, and How I Write It". A panel discussion with Naseer Hassan, Josephine Rowe, Joel Toledo, Cho Tu Zaw, Iman Humaydan & Oonya Kempadoo.

10/28

  • "Why I Write What I Write, and How I Write It"
    • HASSAN, Naseer (Iraq) paper
    • HUMAYDAN, Iman (Lebanon) paper
    • KEMPADOO, Oonya (Grenada) paper
    • TOLEDO, Joel (Philippines) paper
    • ZAW, Cho Tu (Myanmar) paper

    A panel discussion with IWP writers. Refreshments served.

11/04

  • "Images of America"

    An open-mike discussion with all of this year's IWP writers. Refreshments served.

Shambaugh House Readings

Fridays, 5–6pm
Refreshments

09/02

    • ODA Onetti, Milena (Germany)
    • TOLEDO, Joel (Philippines)

09/09

    • SU Wei-chen (Taiwan)
    • TSE, Dorothy (Hong Kong)

09/16

    • LEE Hey-Kyung (South Korea)
    • PARK Chan Soon (South Korea)

09/23

    • BARAL, Ajit (Nepal)
    • Bina SHAH (Pakistan)

10/07

    • MANOR, Dory (Israel)
    • SAKAL, Moshe (Israel)

10/14

    • HOOD, Lynley (New Zealand)
    • RICO, Eugenia (Spain)

10/17

    • NORBU, Jamyang (Tibet)
    • RIGDOL, Tenzing (Tibet)

10/28

    • HUMAYDAN, Iman (Lebanon)
    • SHOUFANI, Hind (Jordan)

11/04

    • HASSAN, Naseer (Iraq)
    • ZAW, Cho Tu (Myanmar)

Prairie Lights Reading Series

Sundays, 4–5pm

09/04

    • KANOR, Fabienne (France)
    • PARKKO, Tommi (Finland)

09/11

    • CRISTOFF, Maria Sonia (Argentina)
    • MOELE, Kgebetli (South Africa)

09/18

    • ROWE, Josephine (Australia)
    • SUNIAGA, Francisco (Venezuela)

09/25

    • PHAN Hon Nhien (Vietnam)
    • PROMISE, Ogochukwu (Nigeria)

10/02

    • TIANG, Jeremy (Singapore)
    • Usha K. R. (India)

10/09

    • STRACHAN, Zoë (Scotland)
    • WELSH, Louise (Scotland)

10/16

    • VICTOR, Marvin (Haiti)
    • ZHANG Yueran (China)

10/30

    • BLOOM, Kevin (South Africa)
    • QUINTANA, Pilar (Colombia)

11/06

    • KEMPADOO, Oonya (Grenada)
    • PETROVA, Alexandra (Russia/Italy)

Cinematheque

Wednesdays, 8–11pm
E105 Adler Journalism Bldg.

The IWP Cinematheque is an informal film series curated by the IWP writers in residence, who introduce and lead conversations around films they have chosen to show to UI community.

09/07

  • IWP Cinematheque: The Wicker Man
    • STRACHAN, Zoë (Scotland)

    The Wicker Man (dir. R. Hardy, UK, 1973), introduced by Zöe Strachan (Scotland).

09/14

  • IWP Cinematheque: An Old Potter
    • PARK Chan Soon (South Korea)

    1969 Korean literary film An Old Potter introduced by Park Chan-Soon (S. Korea)

09/21

  • IWP Cinematheque: Todo Todo Teros
    • TOLEDO, Joel (Philippines)

    Todo Todo Teros (Philippines, 2007 introduced by Joel Toledo.)

10/05

  • IWP Cinematheque: Let's Talk About Love & The Last Poem
    • VICTOR, Marvin (Haiti)

    Let's Talk About Love (Burma, dir. Cho Tu Zaw) and The Last Poem (Haiti/France/US dir. Marvin Victor) introduced by Marvin Victor.

10/12

  • IWP Cinematheque: The Last Communist
    • TIANG, Jeremy (Singapore)

    The Last Communist (Malaysia, dir. Amir Muhammad, 2006 90 min ) introduced by Jeremy Tiang

10/19

  • IWP Cinematheque: The Colors of the Mountain & La Noiraude

    The Colors of the Mountain (Colombia, dir. Carlos César Arbeláez. 2010. 93 min.) and La Noiraude (France, dir. Veronique Kanor. 2005. 30 min.)

10/26

  • IWP Cinematheque: Shorts by Arvid Peleshian & The Time That Remains

    Shorts by Arvid Peleshian (USSR/ Armenia/Italy) and The Time That Remains (Palestine, dir. Elia Suleiman. 2009. 109 min.)

10/29

  • IWP Cinematheque: Special Saturday Screening

    Historias Extraordinarias (Argentina, 2008, dir. M. Llinas 245 minutes 4 hours, 5 min.)

11/02

  • IWP Cinematheque: Romulus My Father
    • ROWE, Josephine (Australia)

    Romulus My Father (Australia, dir. Richard Roxburgh. 2007. 104 min.) introduced by Josephine Rowe. Watch trailer

Happening Now... (more)

  • The IWP & The Moscow Art Theatre will present Book Wings, a collaborative literary and theatrical performance on Fri. March 9th, 2012 in Theatre B of the University of Iowa's Theatre Arts building.

  • 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.