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Fiction 2014: Class Eight

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Eight: Revision and Rediscovery

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class Seven

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Seven: Constraints and Styles

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class Six

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Six: Structures and Storytelling

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class Five

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Five: Animating the World

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class Four

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Four: Learning and Building the World

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class Three

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Three: Putting Setting to Work

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class Two

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class Two: Opening Lines, Opening Doors

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Fiction 2014: Class One

How Writers Write Fiction 2014 - Class One: Introduction to Writing Practices

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE FICTION 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Fall 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Twelve

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Twelve: Free Verse

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Eleven

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Eleven: Looking Outward

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Ten

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Ten: Sonic Association

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Nine

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Nine: Constraint Based Poetry

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Eight

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Eight: Poetry as Pleasure

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Seven

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Seven: Other People's Words

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Six

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Six: Containing Multitudes

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Five

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Five: Prosody (Meter)

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Four

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Four: Mindful Writing

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Three

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Three: Building a Poem

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class Two

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class Two: Collecting and Repurposing Lines

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Poetry 2014: Class One

How Writers Write Poetry 2014 - Class One: Sketching Techniques

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in HOW WRITERS WRITE POETRY 2014, a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Summer 2014

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning MOOC-Pack Library...

Every Atom: Farewell Class

Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Farewell Class: Onward and Outward!

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in EVERY ATOM: WALT WHITMAN'S "SONG OF MYSELF," a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Spring 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning...

Every Atom: Class Eleven

Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Eleven: Catalog

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in EVERY ATOM: WALT WHITMAN'S "SONG OF MYSELF," a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Spring 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning...

Every Atom: Class Ten

Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Ten: The Beginning

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in EVERY ATOM: WALT WHITMAN'S "SONG OF MYSELF," a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Spring 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning...

Every Atom: Class Eight

Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Eight: Politics

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in EVERY ATOM: WALT WHITMAN'S "SONG OF MYSELF," a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Spring 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning...

Every Atom: Class Nine

Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Nine: Title and Revisions

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in EVERY ATOM: WALT WHITMAN'S "SONG OF MYSELF," a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Spring 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning...

Every Atom: Class Seven

Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Seven: Science

Type
Video
Year
2014

This class video was originally featured in EVERY ATOM: WALT WHITMAN'S "SONG OF MYSELF," a Massive Open Online Course offered by the IWP in Spring 2014.

This MOOC has now concluded; its content is featured as a "MOOC-Pack" on the IWP's Distance Learning...

The title card from The Legend in My Heart: A man stands before a crowd of seated people while holding his arms out

The Legend in My Heart 我心传唱的诗歌

Type
Video
Year
2016

This documentary follows four renowned American artists—two writers, a choreographer, and a composer—as they travel to Guangzhou, China, to engage disabled and non-disabled populations by collaborating and creating together through a reading tour organized...

The Legend in My Heart  我心传唱的诗歌 (Official Trailer)

The Legend in My Heart 我心传唱的诗歌 (Official Trailer)

Type
Video
Year
2016

This documentary follows four renowned American artists—two writers, a choreographer, and a composer—as they travel to Guangzhou, China, to engage disabled and non-disabled populations by collaborating and creating together. The film ends with a rousing...

#Flashwrite: Teen Poetry MOOC | International Writing Program

#Flashwrite: Teen Poetry MOOC | International Writing Program

Type
Video
Year
2016

On March 30, 2016, the International Writing Program will offer its first MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) designed specifically for emerging writers 13-19 years of age. Express your creative side with the University of Iowa creative writing community!...

Roua Sghaier on Between the Lines

Roua Sghaier on Between the Lines

Type
Video
Year
2016

Tunisian writer Roua Seghaier discusses her time in Iowa City as a Between the Lines participant in 2011.

On the Map 2015: Nael ELTOUKHY (Egypt)

On the Map 2015: Nael ELTOUKHY (Egypt)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Harris KHALIQUE (Pakistan)

On the Map 2015: Harris KHALIQUE (Pakistan)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Samuel KOLAWOLE (Nigeria)

On the Map 2015: Samuel KOLAWOLE (Nigeria)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Margarita MATEO PALMER (Cuba)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Birgül OĞUZ (Turkey)

On the Map 2015: Birgül OĞUZ (Turkey)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Rochelle POTKAR (India)

On the Map 2015: Rochelle POTKAR (India)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Homeira QADERI (Afghanistan)

On the Map 2015: Homeira QADERI (Afghanistan)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Antonio XERXENESKY (Brazil)

On the Map 2015: Antonio XERXENESKY (Brazil)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Karen VILLEDA (Mexico)

On the Map 2015: Karen VILLEDA (Mexico)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

On the Map 2015: Anas ATAKORA (Togo)

On the Map 2015: Anas ATAKORA (Togo)

Type
Video
Year
2015

"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. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau...

Between the Lines: Spotlight Series - Orwa

Between the Lines 2015: Spotlight Series - Orwa

Type
Video
Year
2015

Between the Lines 2015's first session was Russia/Arabic, comprised of 10 Russians from 8 different cities, 14 Americans from 10 different states, 9 Arabic-speaking participants from 9 different countries/territories, as well as 2 Chinese, and 2 visiting...

Jenan sits in front of shelves filled with books and looks into the camera

Between the Lines: Spotlight Series - Jenan

Type
Video
Year
2015

Between the Lines 2015's first session was Russia/Arabic, comprised of 10 Russians from 8 different cities, 14 Americans from 10 different states, 9 Arabic-speaking participants from 9 different countries/territories, as well as 2 Chinese, and 2 visiting...

Between the Lines: Spotlight Series - Jana

Between the Lines: Spotlight Series - Jana

Type
Video
Year
2015

Between the Lines 2015's first session was Russia/Arabic, comprised of 10 Russians from 8 different cities, 14 Americans from 10 different states, 9 Arabic-speaking participants from 9 different countries/territories, as well as 2 Chinese, and 2 visiting...

Between the Lines: Spotlight Series - Daria and Maria

Between the Lines: Spotlight Series - Daria and Maria

Type
Video
Year
2015

Between the Lines 2015's first session was Russia/Arabic, comprised of 10 Russians from 8 different cities, 14 Americans from 10 different states, 9 Arabic-speaking participants from 9 different countries/territories, as well as 2 Chinese, and 2 visiting...

Frans Nadjira

Frans Nadjira di Bentara Budaya Bali

Type
Video
Year
2015
RAHIM BUAT PUISI (KADO UNTUK UMBU LANDU PARANGGI) Puisi Oleh: FRANS NADJIRA di BENTARA BUDAYA BALI 2015. VIDEO oleh: GANESA
Christopher Merrill at NYU Abu Dhabi

Poetry and Historical Memory

Type
Video
Year
2013
Poetry and Historical Memory April 24, 2013 Two prominent poets and thinkers, one the Pulitzer Prize winning current U.S. Poet Laureate, read from their work and discuss the relationship between poetry and historical memory. How should writers approach...
Freedom to Express

Freedom to Express - International Writing Program

Type
Video
Year
2015

Learn more about the International Writing Program at http://exchanges.state.gov/IWP

News From Home - 2015 Fall Residency

News from Home

Type
Video
Year
2015

We sat down with five writers-in-residence to ask them about how they've been keeping up with news from back home. Interviewer, editor, and videographer: Andrea Chan Featuring: Raed Anis Al-Jishi, Kirill Azernyi, Matthew Cheng, El Jones, Nisah Haron For...