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Please join us for the start of our annual IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series! This week’s event features IWP Residents Abubakar Ibrahim (Nigeria/USA), Yuliya Musakovska (Ukraine), and Myle Yan Tay (Singapore). An accompanying student from either the Writers' Workshop or the Iowa NWP will be announced soon.Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is an award-winning Nigerian writer and journalist. He has published two critically acclaimed novels and two short story collections. His debut novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms, won the 2016 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, Africa’s largest literary prize. The French translation was shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Femina Etranger, and the novel has also been translated into German and Tamil. His debut short story collection, The Whispering Trees (2012) was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature; its title story was shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing. Abubakar’s second short story collection Dreams and Assorted Nightmares was published by Masobe Books in 2022. His new novel, When We Were Fireflies, was published in Nigeria in 2023 and in France and Germany in 2024. He is currently pursuing a PhD in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa; his research revolves around the intersection of information disorder, politics and media representation.
Yuliya Musakovska Юлія Мусаковська (poet, writer, translator; Ukraine) is the author of six poetry collections, including Бог свободи [The God of Freedom], published in English translation by Arrowsmith Press, shortlisted for the L'viv UNESCO City of Literature Prize and named one of the 10 best Ukraine-related books by the Kyiv Independent. Her work has been translated into over 30 languages and published, in particular, in The Southern Review, Tupelo Quarterly, The Common, AGNI, and The Continental. A recipient of numerous Ukrainian literary awards, she is also a frequent speaker at international events and a dedicated cultural advocate for Ukraine. Yuliya's latest collection, Каміння і цвяхи [Stones and Nails], captures how a poet's voice breaks through numbness to record and process the unimaginable realities of war. She is now working on her first book of prose. Her participation is made possible thanks to the University of Iowa’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate College with additional support from Razom for Ukraine.
Myle Yan Tay (playwright, fiction writer, essayist, comic book writer, critic; Singapore) is the author of catskull and playwright of Brown Boys Don’t Tell Jokes and Statement Piece. His debut novel, catskull, won Book of the Year and Best Literary Work at the Singapore Book Publishers Awards. He is currently working on a novel about Singapore’s mandatory military service. His participation is funded by National Arts Council Singapore.
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15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240
