Writers from around the world return for Iowa reunion
International Writing Program in Iowa City marks 20 years with readings by Seamus Heaney and speakers including Czeslaw Milosz Tomas Transtromer and Mitchel Levitas. The event features memories from participants like Ashokamitran and others, plus a 300 page anthology of their writings. The program relies on embassy and foundation funding and counts 30 plus writers from South Africa Iran and East Germany in this year’s cohort.
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International writers readings at University of Iowa events
Public readings and discussions by former International Writing Program members take place at UI venues today through Sunday. Seamus Heaney reads at Phillips Hall. Milosz,Levitas and Transtromer discuss and read at various rooms in Boyd Law and Communications buildings. Transtromer reads Sunday at Phillips Hall.
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Van Allen to receive Sigma Xi William Procter Prize
University of Iowa physicist James A. Van Allen to be awarded the 1987 William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement by Sigma Xi. Van Allen, famed for discovering the radiation belts, will accept at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. He previously received the National Medal of Science from President Reagan in June 1987.
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National Safety Belt Use Day Highlighted in Iowa
Iowa observes National Safety Belt Use Day and notes a 1986 law requiring belt use in vehicles. Since enforcement began 195 people survived life-threatening crashes in Iowa by wearing seat belts, according to the Life Toll list. Other states have belt laws in 29 states plus Washington DC.
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