On the Move 2011: Joshua Ferris (Reading Tour to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal)

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"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 International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. This video, and the tour, 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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Happening Now

  • 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.

  • “I went to [Ayodhya] to think about what it means to be an Indian and a Hindu... ”  A new essay by critic and novelist Chandrahas Choudhury.

  • In the January 2024 iteration of the French/English non-fiction site Frictions, T J Benson writes about “Riding Afrobeats Across the World.” Also new, a next installment in the bilingual series featuring work by students from Paris VIII’s Creative Writing program and the University of Iowa’s NFW program.

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