Visiting Writers: International Writing Program, University of Iowa
by Sampsonia Way / October 31, 2009 / No comments
Over the past 42 years, more than 1,000 writers from over 120 countries have attended the prestigious International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. For the past three years, IWP and City of Asylum/Pittsburgh have partnered to feature international poets at COA/P’s annual Jazz Poetry concert. This year, three IWP writers performed in Pittsburgh on September 12, 2009: Milo_ Djurdjevic, Croatia; Meena Kandasamy, India; and Soheil Najm, Iraq. All three have experienced censorship and persecution in their native lands for their poetry. Sampsonia Way invited them to share samples of their work.
A Sparrow Rubbed by a Flute
Soheil Najm
Sleepers
Miloš Djurdjević
Mulligatawny Dreams
Meena Kandasamy
