Overview

2009's Between the Lines was the first to take place on the University of Iowa campus. Twelve students from Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and Syria joined 76 Iowa Young Writers' Studio participants in our version of "summer camp" -- where writing and literature, not hikes and campfires, are the main focus. BTL students attended morning English-language seminars with their IYWS peers, and an afternoon Arabic-language creative writing workshop (led by teachers and IWP alumni Tarek Eltayeb and Iman Humaydan). They took time out for fun as well, visiting Adventureland (an amusement park) and a bowling alley, among other places.

2009 Anthology

Between the Lines Anthology July 17, 2009

 

Shared Experiences

 

A group of Between the Lines participants sit on the ground at the BTL orientation.
Groups of Between the Lines participants sit at tables doing a writing exercise.
Between the Lines students sit at desks in a circle doing writing exercises.
Two Between the Lines participants write Arabic on a whiteboard
A group of Between the Lines participants sit in a circle having a discussion.
Between the Lines participants are walking around a room, doing a writing exercise where they had had to create sentences with words that were taped on their foreheads.
Some Between the Lines participants play basketball at sunset outside of Burge Hall.
A group of Between the Lines participants bowl at a bowling alley.
A group of students pose in a funhouse mirror at Adventureland that elongates their faces.
The Between the Lines class of 2009 pose for a photo in front of Shambaugh House.