Nadia Abduljabbar stresses the need to address the similarities between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, considering "different religions as different windows toward Heaven." Nihad Sirees addresses the concept of Jihad in Islam, and the...
South African author Maxine Case discusses Miriam Tlali and Bessie Head, two former South African women IWP participants. She then gives a brief history of apartheid and closes by stating that she is grateful for the efforts of authors such Tlali...
Korean poet Ch'oe Sung-ja and Clark Blaise discuss the friendship the International Writing Program has developed with Korean writers. Ch'oe reads a poem in Korean and then in English. She describes some of the difficulties of translatingof her...
Ch'ang-wan Cho describes his childhood outside of Seoul, student poltical action, Catholic coversion, and first book of poetry "Lazarus Village at Dawn." He describes the influence of European literature on the development of Korean literature, his...
International Writing Program participants share insights into the role of the landscape in literary production as part of the 2003 Paul Engle Day festivities. Luvsandamba Dashníàm presents his paper 'Mongolian Landscape and Literature,' which...
Sonia Ryang received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University, England. She worked as a research fellow in the Australian National University, before coming to the Johns Hopkins University, where she taught nine years prior to...
FLYING THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE: A graduate of the Writers' Workshop takes a candid look at the new captain Frank Conroy—who is determined to keep the program flying high. -- LET'S GET PHYSICAL: We invite you to discover the lighter side of the...