Tag: Afghanistan

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On the Map 2015: Homeira QADERI (Afghanistan)
On the Map 2015: Homeira QADERI (Afghanistan)

"On the Map" is a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the International Writing Program's fall...
Interview
On the Map 2014: Mujib MEHRDAD (Afghanistan)
On the Map 2014: Mujib MEHRDAD (Afghanistan)
"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...
13min
Interview
On The Move 2011: Bob Holman (Reading Tour to Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan)

"On the Move" is a series of interviews with American writers traveling with the IWP on various study and reading projects. Produced in association with the...
7min
Interview
On the Move 2011: Joshua Ferris (Reading Tour to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal)

"On the Move" is a series of interviews with American writers traveling with the IWP on various study and reading projects. Produced in association with the...
6min
Interview
On the Move 2011: Nathalie Handal
On the Move 2011: Nathalie Handal (Reading Tour to Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan)

"On the Move" is a series of interviews with American writers traveling with the IWP on various study and reading projects. Produced in association with the...
6min
Interview
2012: Mohib ZEGHAM (Afghanistan)
On the Map 2012: Mohib ZEGHAM (fiction writer; children's writer; Afghanistan; IWP 2012)

"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...
5min
Interview

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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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