Iowa City Book Festival Presentations

The Iowa City Book Festival is organized by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. Iowa City is one of six Cities of Literature in the world, and the festival celebrates books and writing, bringing together the writers, readers, and institutions that helped to earn that designation.

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Mar 05, 7:00 pm Trilingual Reading of Chuck Miller's Poetry at Shambaugh House

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Out of nearly 450 novel titles, the shortlist of ten finalists for the distinguished Vargas Llosa Biannual Award given by the Universidad de Guadalajara contains The Night by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (IWP '13) and Los sueños de la serpiente by Alberto Ruy Sánchez (guest, IWP '09).
In an interview with EuropeNow, Vladimir POLEGANOV (IWP '16) talks about the limits of realist fiction, and the strengths of writing residencies.
Congratulations to our friend and former colleague Kelsi VANADA, the recipient of the 2018 Translation Prize from the American-Scandinavian Foundation for her rendering, from the Swedish, of poems by Marie SILKEBERG (IWP, '15).
A lively talk with poet, journalist, translator, and now award-winning Indonesian novelist Laksmi Pamuntjak (IWP '06) at the 2018 Frankfurter Buchmesse.
A rich review in The Hindu of Samay Ki Kasak , the recent Hindi translation of poet, translator, editor and painter Sukrita Paul Kumar's (IWP '02) most recent poetry collection.

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