2011 pdf - International Writing Program - University of Iowa

October 22
October 24
November 1
November 10
Reception, Handshake Magazine Issue Release
Reading and discussion, Goethe Institute, Chicago, IL
Appearance on KRUI’s “The Lit Show”
Tour & Reception, Arena Stage, Washington D.C.
Park Chan Soon, South Korea
(Fiction Writer, Translator)
Participated courtesy of Arts Council Korea
Program Activities:
September 12 Presentation, International Literature Today
September 14 IWP Cinemathèque Screening of “The Old Potter”
September 16 Reading, Shambaugh House Reading Series
October 7 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Genre Lit: Bodice Rippers,
Aliens and High Form?”
October 21 Tour, Frank Lloyd Wright Houses, Chicago
November 1 Appearance on KRUI’s “The Lit Show”
November 3 Reading and discussion, Senior College, Johnson County Senior
Center
November 9 Presentation, School Without Walls
November 10 Tour & Reception, Arena Stage, Washington D.C.
November 12 Tour & Reception, Poets House
Tommi Parkko, Finland
(Poet, Nonfiction Writer)
Participated courtesy of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Program Activities:
September 4 Reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore
September 11 Participation in Pittsburgh Jazz Poetry Festival
October 21 Tour & Reception, Poetry Foundation
November 9 Presentation, School Without Walls
Alexandra Petrova, Russia/Italy
(Poet, Fiction Writer)
Participated courtesy of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Program Activities:
September 11 Participation in Pittsburgh Jazz Poetry Festival
September 16 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Translation: Writing Across
Languages”
October 3 Presentation, International Literature Today
October 26 IWP Cinemathèque Screening of shorts by Arvid Peleshian
November 1 Appearance on KRUI’s “The Lit Show”
November 6 Reading, Prairie Lights Books
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Phan Hon Nhien, Vietnam
(Novelist, Fiction Writer)
Participated courtesy of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Program Activities:
September 25 Reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore
September 26 Presentation, International Literature Today
October 7 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Genre Lit: Bodice Rippers,
Aliens and High Form?”
October 21 Tour of Ernest Hemingway Museum, Chicago
Ogochukwu Promise, Nigeria
(Fiction Writer, Poet, Essayist, Playwright)
Participated courtesy of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Program Activities:
September 14 Presentation, American Lives class
September 25 Reading, Prairie Lights Bookstore
September 26 Presentation, International Literature Today
September 29 Reading, Adobe Books, San Francisco
October 7 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “Genre Lit: Bodice Rippers,
Aliens and High Form?”
October 15 Play staged at Global Express
October 18 Reading and discussion, Kirkwood Community College-Cedar
Rapids
October 21 Tour & Reception, Poetry Foundation
October 28 Reading and discussion, West High School
November 1 Appearance on KRUI’s “The Lit Show”
November 3 Reading and discussion, Senior College, Johnson County Senior
Center
November 9
November 10
Presentation, School Without Walls
Presentation, Department of State: “The 11th Hour: Armistice,
Reconciliation, Remembrance”
Pilar Quintana, Colombia
(Novelist, Fiction Writer)
Participated courtesy of the U.S. Embassy, Bogotá
Program Activities:
September 9 Presentation, Iowa City Public Library: “9/11: Ten Years Later”
September 28 Reception, Faulkner House Books, New Orleans
September 29 Presentation, Bard Early College, New Orleans
September 29 Reception, Press Street Room 220, New Orleans
September 30 Roundtable Discussion, The Community Book Center, New Orleans
October 3 Presentation, International Literature Today
October 18 Presentation, Spanish Writers Roundtable
October 19 IWP Cinemathèque Screening of “The Colors of the Mountain”
October 26 Reading and discussion, Grinnell College