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  • Date: September 30
  • Time: 7:00pm - 7:00pm PT

An Evening with The University of Iowa International Writing Program

Join us for a reading with four international writers currently in residence at the University of Iowa.

sara baume thumb_0Sara Baume (fiction writer; Ireland) writes stories and essays. “Solesearcher1” won the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and appeared in the anthology Davy Byrnes Stories; “Dancing, or Beginning to Dance” was shortlisted for the 2014 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. Her novel Spill Simmer Falter Wither (2015) has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award, longlisted for The Guardian‘s first book award, and won the Warwick Prize for Writing. Her participation is made possible by the William B. Quarton Fund through the Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.

 

foto Maggie Mateo Palmer web thumbnailMargarita Mateo Palmer (critic, essayist, novelist; Cuba) has her extensive critical work collected in seven volumes of essays; she is also the author of the novel Desde los blancos manicomios (2008). Her writing on Caribbean literatures has earned her fellowships at Harvard and Tulane, six iterations of Premio Nacional de la Crítica, and many other literary awards. Mateo Palmer is a member of the Cuban Academy of Language. Her participation is made possible by the U.S. Embassy in Havana and the Ludwig Foundation.

 

Homeira Qadari thumbHomeira Qaderi (fiction writer; Afghanistan) is the author of six books, including the novel [Silver Kabul River Girl], published in Iran in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim. An activist for women’s rights and currently a Senior Advisor to the Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, she teaches at the University of Kabul. She participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

 

 

AntonioXerxenesky-Web-ThumbnailAntônio Xerxenesky (fiction writer, translator; Brazil), currently completing a PhD in literary theory at Universidade de São Paulo, is the author of two novels, most recently F (2014), two short story collections, including A Página assombrada por fantasmas (2011) and several books of translation; his own work has been translated into English, French, German and Spanish. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.