ICPL Presentations Fall 2022

To watch these ICPL (Iowa City Public Library) panel discussions in real time, please visit our event listings >

For video recordings of these presentations, visit the  IWP Iowa City Public Library (ICPL) Library Channel >

Name links below link to a pdf of a paper on the panel topic by each writer-in-residence:

9/2/22 • Cultures in conflict

9/9/22 • you must read this!

9/16/22 • Specter of professionalization

9/23/22 • Migrants as readers

9/30/22 • in translation

10/7/22 • writing the not-self

10/14/22 • does anyone write about love anymore?

Happening Now

  • 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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