WhitmanWeb: a multilingual gallery

A gallery featuring Walt Whitman’s emblematic poem “Song of Myself," accompanied by commentaries and live readings, in English, Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, French, German, Khmer, Kurdish, Malay, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian, and the poet's Civil War writings, in English, French, and Arabic.

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Jul 19, 7:00 pm Open Mic Night Teen Reading: Between the Lines with The International Writing Program
Jun 18 — Aug 29 Write Nite

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In the travel journal Off Assignment, journalist and novelist Milagros SOCORRO (Venezuela, IWP '12) recalls a snowy day in Iowa City, and one woman's special gesture.
A powerful opinion piece in NYTimes on the Dalits' role in India's upcoming elections by activist and novelist Meena KANDASAMY ('09).
Yvonne Adhiambo OUWUOR's new novel Dragonfly Sea is reviewed in NYTimes. Ouwuor, a 2005 and 2017 IWP alumna, is the author, previously, of the epic Dust.
Congratulations to novelist and essayist Beaudelaine PIERRE (IWP '07) for making the final list in the Many Voices 2018 competition at New Rivers Press.
In a New York Times op ed, publisher and novelist Ameena HUSSEIN ('05) offers a sharp analysis of and context for the 2019 Easter terror bombings in her native Sri Lanka.

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