2011 pdf - International Writing Program - University of Iowa

November 3
November 3
Appearance on KRUI’s “The Lit Show”
Presentation, Arabic Writers’ Forum
Fabienne Kanor, France
(Novelist, Filmmaker)
Participated courtesy of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Program Activities:
September 4 Reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore
September 19 Presentation, International Literature Today
September 23 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Writer Rules: Share What You
Go By”
September 29 Reading, Adobe Books, San Francisco
October 3-24 Visiting Lecturer, Atelier d’Ecriture/Creative Writing class
October 19 IWP Cinemathèque Screening of “Husbands of the Night”
October 25 Reading and discussion, Upper Iowa University
November 1 Appearance on KRUI’s “The Lit Show”
November 9 Presentation, School Without Walls
Oonya Kempadoo, Grenada
(Fiction Writer, Nonfiction Writer)
Participated courtesy of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Program Activities:
September 12 Presentation, International Literature Today
September 23 Presentation, University of Warwick
October 3 Reading and discussion, Writers’ Workshop seminar
October 4 Reading and lecture, Caribbean Cinema seminar
October 7 Reading, Anthology series
October 21 Tour, Frank Lloyd Wright Houses, Chicago
October 24 Reading and lecture, St. Xavier University
October 28 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Why I Write What I Write,
and How I Write It”
November 1 Appearance, Costume Design class
November 3 Reading and lecture, The College of the Bahamas
November 6 Reading, Prairie Lights Books
Lee Hye-kyung, South Korea
(Fiction Writer, Novelist)
Participated courtesy of the Korea Literature Translation Institute (KLTI)
Program Activities:
September 16 Reading, Shambaugh House Reading Series
October 4-6 Readings & lectures, Nebraska Wesleyan and Creighton Universities
October 21 Tour of Ernest Hemingway Museum, Chicago
October 24 Presentation, International Literature Today
Dory Manor, Israel
(Poet, Editor)
Participated courtesy of private funding
Program Activities:
October 7 Reading, Shambaugh House Reading Series
October 12 Presentation, French Writers Roundtable
Kgebetli Moele, South Africa
(Novelist, Fiction Writer)
Participated courtesy of the U.S. Embassy, Cape Town
Program Activities:
September 9 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “9/11: Ten Years Later”
September 11 Reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore
September 14 Presentation, American Lives class
September 23 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Writer Rules: Share What You
Go By”
September 28 Reception, Faulkner House Books, New Orleans
September 29 Reception, Press Street Room 220, New Orleans
September 30 Roundtable Discussion, The Community Book Center, New Orleans
October 10 Presentation, International Literature Today
October 20 Reading and discussion, West High School
October 21 Tour & Reception, Poetry Foundation
October 25 Presentation, Topics in Culture and Identity class
Jamyang Norbu, Tibet
(Novelist, Nonfiction Writer, Playwright)
Participated courtesy of the Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation
Program Activities:
October 14 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Freedom’s Limits? Core
Values in a Changing World”
October 17 Presentation, International Literature Today
October 17 Reading and lecture, “Shadow Tibet”
Milena Oda, Germany
(Fiction Writer, Playwright, Translator)
Participated courtesy of the Max Kade Foundation
Program Activities:
September 2 Reading, Shambaugh House Reading Series
September 29 Reading, Adobe Books, San Francisco
October 14 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Freedom’s Limits? Core
Values in a Changing World”
October 16 Reading and discussion, German-American Heritage Center,
Davenport, IA
October 17 Presentation, International Literature Today
October 21 Tour & Reception, Poetry Foundation
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