Edgar Calabia Samar of the Philippines begins the panel with a discussion of the power of lists on readership. He states that the danger that lists of canonical books is the fact they ignore potentially significant works and may further limit...
Two female writers from Kenya discuss their perspectives on the process of writing children's literature as well as working with children as they create their own writings.
Christine Craig, Peter Nazareth, Francis Imbuga, Fred Woodard, and Moyez Vassanji all do readings at an "open mike" night at the Mayflower. Craig reads a poem about poetry, and Peter Nazareth recites "The General Is Out". Issues discussed are...
Kenyan author and 2010 IWP resident, Billy Kahora, speaks about his influences in writing, his process and experiences of living in Iowa City. He also discusses a story he has been working on for 6 years about his experiences while living in Cape...
Kavery Nambisan describes the migrant writer's thought-space, not losing rootedness whether traveling in the real or in the imagination. Saša Stanišić's talk is titled, "How You See Us: on Three Myths about Migrant Writing," and covers the myth...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Impact of Federal Regulations at University -- Iowa Basketball '78 -- New Home for the College of Education -- Martha Sheil: New York Opera Debut -- Faces of Iowa -- Ordination provides a channel for her energy -- Iowa Women's Day -- Center for New...
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...
Samrah Maní, a dramatist from Iraq, reads from her play 'Only A Half,' which deals with the segregation of men and women in the Arab world and then she discusses the relationship between men and women in Iraq. ?, a dramatist from Sri Lanka, talks...
The Day We Tore the Goalposts Down -- Only the Iowans Can Really Know -- Westward Ho! -- The Golden Age -- The University's Future as Collateral -- An Earl Visits Iowa: Attlee -- Education On Camera -- Rose Bowl Album -- The Great Shakespeare...
President Hancher Reports on The State of the University -- "I'm Tired" -- The Attitudes of Iowans -- International Spotlight on SUI Physicists -- Complete in this Issue: American Higher Education—1958 -- Reunions -- The Buried Story of Man --...
A TRIUMPHANT LIFE: Helene Scriabine never imagined she would see her Russian homeland again, but thanks to Glasnost the UI professor emeritus is returning to see work begin on a film inspired by her life. -- ENVIRONMENT BECOMES A HOT ISSUE: The...
Justice for All: In her efforts to break down barriers between people, Adrien Wing will talk to anyone. She's invited former gang members to campus and forced her students to examine issues they'd rather avoid. -- Writers' Block: Fill in the blanks...
Checkmate in India: A UI student from Denmark discovers the wonders and idiosyncracies of India when she travels to Calicut to compete in an international chess tournament. -- Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits: Several interesting inventions are...
IN CLASS: Actions speak louder than words in the silent world of an American Sign Language class.-- ALUMNI MATTER: Thanks a million—or rather, 50,000 and growing.The UIAA shows its appreciation to members with events, services, and programs...
ON CAMPUS: The University of Iowa has a new president. -- IN CLASS: Location, location, location. How does geography affect justice? -- SPORTS: Iowa Alumni Magazine celebrates the Iowa football team's magical 2002 season. -- Over the Counter: The...