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...
Janis Ian reads from her autobiography, Society's Child in a special afternoon event co-sponsored by the Englert. Society's Child is Ian's fascinating personal account of her more than forty years in the music business. Janis Ian was catapulted...
IWP program coodinator Rowena Torrevillas and her parents Edilberto and Edith Tiempo - both original members of the UI Writer's Workshop, are interviewed as they reflect on their careers as writers and their shared history with the University of...