Poets Marvin Bell, Rowena Torrevillas, James Galvin, Mark Levine, and Jorie Graham read the work of IWP participants whose work has been published in previous issues of the Iowa Review. Works Read: Marvin Bell reads the following poems: "It...
The first twenty minutes of the tape observes cloud formations changing shape in a clear autumn sky. The tape proceeds to a gathering of International Writing Program participants, staff, and community in a large meeting room. Rowena Torrevillas...
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...
Writers' Workshop poet Eduardo Corral reads a selection of recent work. IWP participant Yves Emmanuel Dogbé introduces the reading of his poetry. Hao Vo Thi, also an IWP participant, sings a song in Vietnamese and introduces the reading of her...
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...
Rowena Torrevillas teaches nonfiction writing and transnational literature at the University of Iowa. She writes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, for which she has received the Philippines' National Book Award. This piece originally appeared in...
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 --...
Tuition: The bane of students becomes a pay increase for the faculty. Though no one's particularly happy with the 12 percent increase, tuition at the UI remains the lowest in the Big Ten. -- No more ivory towers: After conducting statewide...
International Writing Program Coordinator Rowena Torrevillas interviews Jamaican poet Christine Craig about her poetry and how living in Jamaica affects her writing. Craig shares her impressions of Iowa and observes that the Iowa landscape is a...
Piece begins with Daniel Weissbort and Halina Cieplińska speaking outside near the river. The majority of the recording contains readings by Prasenjit Gupta, Halina Cieplińska and Daniel Weissbort. Gupta reads an English translation of Nirmal...
Rowena Torrevillas interviews the Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku. Lleshanaku has three collections of poems, including Sytw e somnambulws; Kwmbanat e sw djelws; and Gysëmkubizëm. Lleshanaku also writes reviews and critical studies and she is...
Sandra Barkan hosts the reading and introduces Rowena Torrevillas who in turn introduces each of the readers. Mitch Cohen and Darrach Dolan, both Writers' Workshop students, each read a short story. Ramona Ciupag, a writer in residence at the...
Rowena Torrevillas introduces the Romanian poet Mirela Ramona Ciupag and then Sandra Barkan interviews Ciupag. Liliana Cirstea from Moldova translates for Ciupag. Ciupag teaches philosophy, logic, ethics and psychology in Romania. She shares that...
Kirpal Singh interviews Steve Sharra. Sharra discusses the role of poetry in post-dictatorship Malawi. Sharra discusses his apprehension of 'donor-driven projects,' specifically projects funded by UNESCO, where he feels writers are paid to produce...