"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 series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa, and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
The Guardian covers the debut novel Ponti by Sharlene TEO (IWP '17).
Asako I & II, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's film based on a novel by SHIBASAKI Tomoka (IWP '16) will be competing in this year's Cannes film festival.
On 3/23/18 the poet, journalist, and activist Harris KHALIQUE (IWP '15) received the prestigious Award for Pride of Performance for poetry from the President of Pakistan.
X, a radio play inspired by the young Malcolm X's visit to Uganda, which IWP's Senior Advisor Peter Nazareth wrote in early 1960s for BBC, has just re-appeared in the February 2018 issue of the Joao Roque Literary Journal.
The Israeli novelist Galit CARLIBACH (IWP '16) has just published the comic novella It's Me, Iowa !, set in a world suspiciously resembling the IWP...
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