Farhad A.K. Sulliman Khoyratty of Mauritius begins the panel by stating that satire is an “instrument guaranteeing the health of society.” He also discusses the nature of satire, particularly the insider/outsider element and the subversive...
A joint reading with the Iowa Writers' Workshop featuring poet and essayist Maryia Martysevich -- the first IWP participant from Belarus -- and Kenyan fiction and nonfiction writer Billy Karanja Kahora. They will be joined by Chinelo Okparanta, a...
Past the blank screen or the white rectangle of paper, some writers' work depends upon, is moored in, a very precise place, whether an ideal physical setting or a seminal inner landscape. A pen draws a place in words. What kinds of landscapes do...