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Ramon Lim Book Talk: Self and the Phenomenon of Life
Ramon Lim Book Talk: Self and the Phenomenon of Life

A reading by Ramon Lim, M.D., followed by a Q&A, at Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, Iowa. October 23, 2017. Sponsored by the...
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On the Map 2017: Panashe CHIGUMADZI
On the Map 2017: Panashe CHIGUMADZI

Panashe CHIGUMADZI (novelist, essayist; South Africa/Zimbabwe) is the author of the novel Sweet Medicine, which won the 2016 K. Sello Duiker Literary Award...
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On the Map 2017: Ramsha ASHRAF
On the Map 2017: Ramsha ASHRAF

Ramsha ASHRAF (poet, playwright; Pakistan) has a collection of poetry, Enmeshed (2015), publishes poems on her blog Escritura 415 and elsewhere, and...
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On the Map 2017: Santiago GIRALT
On the Map 2017: Santiago GIRALT

Santiago GIRALT (playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, fiction writer; Argentina) writes plays, screenplays, and novels, and directs films. In 2017, he was...
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On the Map 2017: Tilottama MAJUMDER
On the Map 2017: Tilottama MAJUMDER

Tilottama MAJUMDER তিলোত্তমা মজুমদার (fiction writer, poet; India) won the Ananda Puroshkar, given for excellence in Bengali literature, for her novel...
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On the Map 2017: Wipas SHRITHONG
On the Map 2017: Wipas SHRITHONG

Wipas SRITHONG วิภาส ศรีทอง (fiction writer; Thailand) has published three novels, many short stories, and collections of English-language and concrete...
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On the Map 2017: Yvonne OUWUOR
On the Map 2017: Yvonne OUWUOR

Yvonne Adhiambo OWUOR (fiction writer; Kenya) is an author, lecturer, and arts curator. Her first novel, Dust, was published by Knopf in 2014, and received...
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On the Map 2017: Fatena ALGHORRA
On the Map 2017: Fatena ALGHORRA

Fatena ALGHORRA (poet, journalist; Belgium) has four books of poetry: two were translated, one winning a prize for best Arabic translation into Italian. A...
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  • 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.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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