ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Edson INCOPTÉ, Guinea-Bissau

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Edson INCOPTÉ (fiction writer, poet, journalist, activist; Guinea-Bissau) has an extensive resume as organizer and activist in the areas of youth, civic development, and equity, and is the Secretary of PEN Guinea-Bissau and the Writers Association of Guinea-Bissau. His own publications are comprised of a volume of poetry and one of prose; he has co-edited anthologies of new Guinea-Bissau authors and contributes columns for magazines and radio. He participates courtesy the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State.

"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, produced in association with the IWP at the University of Iowa. This video was made possible by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

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