At the IWP weblog @ Shambaugh House Ashley Davidson reports on the incoming group of thirty-four writers in the fall 2013 residency of the International Writing Program, in The World Comes to Iowa -- with residents coming: "from 31 countries and territories and every continent except Antarctica".
Among the most striking statistics:
Among the most striking statistics:
Collectively, the works of 2013 residents have been translated into more than 22 languages; two books by participants have been published in the U.S.By my eyes-glazing-over-as-I-scroll count they're still a few short at the official site where they've (annoyingly) slowly been adding residents' names day by day (come on, folks: one-and-done, not this pseudo-tease). The one familiar-to-me name: Simon Urban, whose Plan D was recently published by Harvill in the UK (but not, so far, in the US), in a translation by love german books-blogger Katy Derbyshire; get your copy at Amazon.co.uk, or see also the Harvill publicity page -- or the information at new books in german (complete with video pitch by Derbyshire).