K.V. Tirumalesh discusses literature, translation, and criticism in this talk given at the Iowa City Public Library on Oct. 6, 2004. Sulkhan Zhordania's talk, "On the Symbolic Action and the Symbolic Association," covers the ideas in stories and...
Doris Kareva discusses her belief that literary translation is akin to alchemy, being about creation and recreation, and that transformation is only possible through passionate people taking on texts that are absolutely necessary for them to...
Kristien Hemmerechts, of Belgium, describes the difficulty of describing and identifying Belgian literature. First, she states that there are three official languages in Belgium; Dutch, French and German. She observes that it is unclear whether...
Writers' Workshop student David Rosenthal reads poems from his manuscript, Tickling Catastrophe. Burmese fiction writer Nu Nu Yee greets the audience in English and Burmese, and shares the events that compelled her to write the short story, 'He is...
Rogelio Saunders, a Cuban, reads from his essay “The Second Realization.” The title derives from his classification of two moments of globalization in human history – the more recent phenomena of international relations and when Columbus...
Josef Haslinger reads an excerpt from his short story, 'The Battle for Vienna.' Writers' Workshop student Kiki Petrosino reads a selection of poems organized, she explains, around the theme of danger. Dr. Ma Thida begins her her reading by...
Introducing the Newest Mr. "X" -- Iowa's Friendliest Thanksgiving -- The Giant That Can't Get Away -- Who Gave Us Old Gold and Black? -- Our Grandest Student -- The Scents of Roses -- 30,000,000 Spellings -- This Sophomorish Optimism -- The Citizen...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Ma Thida is a fiction writer and activist from Burma (Myanmar). She was attending medical school when Burma's military junta shut down all of the country's universities. Ma Thida then served as the league's health care provider as well as editor...
McBride's Haul -- The Needs of the University -- Audubon's Georgia Parris -- Is College Worthwhile? -- We Resist this Knowledge -- Dr. Arthur Steindler -- The Political Poll is Here to Stay -- The Rise of the Social Scientist -- Study People!...
Rambling 'Round Our Domain -- Fall Athletics at Iowa -- In Olden Days -- The Iowa-Oklahoma Game -- Twelfth Annual Homecoming -- Alumni Dinner At Des Moines -- The Rediscovery of Iowa -- A Summer In Retrospect -- A Quarter Century of Athletics --...