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"On the Map" is an interview series with writers while they are in Iowa City, participating in the International Writing Program's fall residency. The...

6min
Interview

Jacob Oet of Cleveland, Ohio talks about his experience participating in Between the Lines (BTL), a creative writing and cultural exchange program for...

3min
Interview

Chris Camacho of Chicago, Illinois talks about his experience participating in Between the Lines, a creative writing and cultural exchange program for...

5min
Interview
"On the Map" is a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the International Writing Program's fall residency. The series...
20min
Interview
Book Wings: Behind the Scenes (teaser)

The University of Iowa International Writing Program broke the barriers of space and time with the innovative new program, Book Wings. Find out how Book...

5min
Documentary, Performance/
collaboration, Short

6 Innovative 10-minute plays commissioned by the Book Wings collaborative bilingual theatre initiative from distinguished young playwrights in China and the...

Performance/
collaboration

6 Innovative 10-minute plays commissioned by the Book Wings collaborative bilingual theatre initiative from distinguished young playwrights in Russia and...

Performance/
collaboration
BookWings, Pt. 1

An historic partnership between the International Writing Program and the Moscow Art Theatre, Book Wings is a bilingual performance that brings together the...

28min
Performance/
collaboration

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Happening Now

  • Jennifer Feeley’s translation of Tongueless, Lau Yee-wa’s thriller sketching Hong Kong’s slide toward linguistic totalitarianism, is forthcoming from Feminist Press.

  • In addition to becoming the Berlin LitFest’s first curator-in-residence, Helon Habila has also just received Kaduna Books and Art Festival’s KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his "exceptional writing and significant contributions to the development of literature globally."

  • Congratulations to Enah Johnscott, whose film Half Heaven won three awards at the Cameroon International Film Festival—best film, best director, and best cinematographer.

  • 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.

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