International Writing Program, 2009

Visiting Scholars Lecture

PNCA held a reading and reception for five writers from the University of Iowa International Writing Program. This is part of “writers’ week” at PNCA and is organized by PNCA faculty member and writer-in-residence Barry Sanders. Writers’ Week includes both “immersion in the campus curriculum along with collaborative public programming.”

Participating writers include: Fflur Dafydd, a novelist, literary critic and musician from Wales; Soheil Najm, a poet from Iraq; Osman Conteh, a novelist from Sierra Leone; Fedosy Santaella, a fiction writer from Venezuela; and Lijia Zhang, a nonfiction writer from China.

Writers Barry Sanders and Soheil Najm PNCA writer-in-residence Barry Sanders and Iraqi poet Soheil Najm. Najm was one of five international guests from University of Iowa's International Writing Program at PNCA in October 2009. Photo by Carlos Gonzalez

Carlos Gonzalez

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International Writing Program (IWP) visiting writer Lijia Zhang talks about her experiences as a factory-worker-turned journalist and TV producer in China.

International Writing Program Reading International Writing Program Reading + Reception Monday, October 5, 2009

Liz Harris

International Writing Program Reading Left to right: Fflur Dafydd (Wales), Lijia Zhang (China), Soheil Najm (Iraq), and Osman Conteh (Sierra Leone). Not pictured: Fedosy Santaella (Venezuela).

Liz Harris