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On the Move 2011: Nathalie Handal (Reading Tour to Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Alina DADAEVA (poet, translator; Uzbekistan, IWP 2012)
"On the Map" is a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City, participating in the IWP's fall residency. Produced in association with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. This video was made possible by a grant...
International Writing Program (2010)
Christopher Merrill, Director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, explains the valuable cultural exchanges that take place each year when writers from around the world gather for a semester in Iowa City to discuss and share...
WorldCanvass - IWP: Writing the Stories of the World - November 2, 2012
Co-founder and tireless supporter of the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa, Hualing Nieh Engle receives the 2012 International Impact Award as part of the November 2, 2012 WorldCanvass program "IWP: Writing the Stories of the...
On the Fly: Writers on Writing (2010)
ON THE FLY: WRITERS ON WRITING Quick interviews with some of the many diverse authors visiting Iowa City, Iowa- North America's only UNESCO City of Literature. Produced by City of Literature USA and Humanities Iowa, the state affiliate to the National...
City of Literature: A Film About the History of Creative Writing in Iowa City (2012)
How did Iowa City become a hub for creative writing in America? This hour-long documentary is a story of literary ambition, academic innovation and a promising young Iowa poet who became a cultural entrepreneur. Premiering Saturday July 14th, 3pm at...
A License to Write: The Iowa Writer's Workshop Experience (2008)
(2008, 18:00, digital video and found footage) An energetic documentary that offers an insiders look at the writing workshops at the University of Iowa through reflective, funny, and touching interviews with former and current students. The film surveys...
Community of the Imagination (1973) dir. Gerald Krell
This hour-long documentary was commissioned by the United States Information Agency, one of the early funders of the IWP. Its producer and director Gerald Krell and his crew came to Iowa City in winter of 1973, shot for about a week, then completed the...
Paul Engle - Poet and Advocate of Iowa Writers' Workshop (2008)
Iowa City, Iowa has been named one of three world "Cities of Literature" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It could be said that the city's literary reputation began in 1936 with the Iowa Writers' Workshop...
Every Atom: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Six: Sexuality and the Body
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: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Five: Compost
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: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Four: Democracy
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: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Three: Main Characters
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: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class Two: Structure
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: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Class One: Origins
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: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" - Welcome Class
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...
On the Map 2012: Alisa Ganieva (novelist; Russia; IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: TJ DEMA (poet; Botswana, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Rodrigo LOPES (Poet, journalist, musician; Brazil, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Luis BRAVO (poet, critic; Uruguay, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Khaled ALBERRY (novelist, journalist; Egypt, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Bilal TANWEER (novelist; Pakistan. IWP 2012)
[ON THE MAP 201X]" writer name (writer country) "On the Map" is a series of interviews with writers participating in the International Writing Program's fall residency. It is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa, and is made possible by a grant...
On the Map 2012: Yaghoub YADALI (fiction writer; Iran, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Nay Phone LATT (poet, fiction writer; Burma/Myanmar, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Genevieve L. ASENJO (fiction writer, poet, translator; Philippines, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Taleb ALREFAI (fiction writer; Kuwait; IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Mohib ZEGHAM (fiction writer; children's writer; Afghanistan; IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: Gulala NOURI (poet, translator; Iraq; IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2012: PANDORA (poet, essayist; Burma/Myanmar, IWP 2012)
"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...
On the Map 2010: Ghada Abdel Aal (Egypt)
"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...
On the Map 2011: Louise Welsh (Scotland)
"On the Map" is a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City, participating in the IWP's fall residency. Produced in association with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. This video was made possible by a grant...
On the Map 2011: Fabienne Kanor (France)
"On the Map" is a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City, participating in the IWP's fall residency. Produced in association with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. This video was made possible by a grant...
On the Map 2011: Naseer Hassan (Iraq)
Poet and architect Naseer Hassan participated in the IWP's 2011 fall residency. "On the Map" is an interview series with writers while they are in Iowa City, participating in the International Writing Program's fall residency. The series is produced by the...
On the Map 2010: Hinemoana Baker (New Zealand)
"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...
On the Map 2010: H.M. Naqvi (Pakistan)
"On the Map" is an interview series 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 2010: Anisul Hoque (Bangladesh)
"On the Map" is an interview series 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 2010: Chandrahas Choudhury (India)
"On the Map" is an interview series 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 2010: OfirTouche Gafla (Israel)
"On the Map" is an interview series 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 2010: Solvi Bjorn Sigurdsson (Iceland)
"On the Map" is an interview series 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 2010: Ian Casocot (Philippines)
"On the Map" is an interview series 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...
My BTL Story with Jacob Oet, BTL Russia '12
Jacob Oet of Cleveland, Ohio talks about his experience participating in Between the Lines (BTL), a creative writing and cultural exchange program for writers ages 16-19 offered through the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. Jacob, who...
My BTL Story with Chris Camacho (2013)
Chris Camacho of Chicago, Illinois talks about his experience participating in Between the Lines, a creative writing and cultural exchange program for writers ages 16-19 offered through the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. More info...
On the Map 2013: Dénes KRUSOVSZKY (Hungary)
University of Iowa: Book Wings (teaser)(2012)
The University of Iowa International Writing Program broke the barriers of space and time with the innovative new program, Book Wings. Find out how Book Wings can unite stages from across 7,000 miles and three different languages! For more information...
Book Wings 2013: China
6 Innovative 10-minute plays commissioned by the Book Wings collaborative bilingual theatre initiative from distinguished young playwrights in China and the United States on the central theme of "contact." These harrowing, controversial, and wildly comic...
Book Wings 2013: Russia
6 Innovative 10-minute plays commissioned by the Book Wings collaborative bilingual theatre initiative from distinguished young playwrights in Russia and the United States on the central theme of "contact." These moving, mischievous, and darkly humorous...
Between the Lines (2013)
Between the Lines (BTL) invites high-school students of differing nationalities, ages 16 to 19, to the University of Iowa campus for a unique summer program where participants develop their creative writing skills while exploring other cultures. Since 2008...