Lines and Spaces Reading Tour օf the International Writing Program, University of Iowa.
November 8-13, 2018
Yerevan, Armenia
Event list
08 November, 2017
Event: Panel Discussion
Participants: Natashia Deón, Cate Dicharry, Aram Pachyan, Armen of Armenia
Topic: A sense of Place
Description: Writers discuss the importance of setting in their work. Is their work ‘regional’ or ‘universal’? Landscape as catalyst, backdrop, and influence.
Time: 16:30 – 18:30
Location: The Club (40 Tumanyan St)
Admission: open with prior registration ([email protected])
Languages of the event: English and Armenian (interpretation available)
09 November, 2017
Event: Lecture at YSU
Participants: American authors
Topics: American Literature Today
Description: What are the most exciting currents and influences of contemporary literature today?
Time: 11:30 – 13:00
Location: YSU Hall, 1 Alex Manoukian St
Admission: YSU students and public
Languages: English
Event: AUA reading with large audience
Participants: Natashia Deón, Cate Dicharry, Lisa Schlesinger, Chris Merrill and Michael Collier
Topics: Loyalty and Betrayal
Description: Milan Kundera has asserted that “the first betrayal is irreparable. It calls forth a chain reaction of further betrayals, each of which takes us farther and farther away from the point of our original betrayal.” Loyalties grow out of biology, place of origin, upbringing, affections, nationality, etc. – writers discuss their own loyalties, those that they adhere to and those they betray.
Time: 15:30 – 17:30
Location: AUA, Manougian hall, 40 Baghramian St
Admission: open
Languages: English
10 November, 2017
Event: Open mic night
Participants: English writing authors or English translators
Topics: Free
Time: 20:30
Location: Bureaucrat
Admission: open
Languages: English
12 November, 2017
Event: Panel Discussion
Participants: Chris Merrill, Michael Collier, Marine Petrossian, Anna Davtyan, Arto Vaun
Topics: Writing with responsibility
Description: Writers will discuss the expected or unexpected role of writers within society as catalysts for positive social change and whether or not they feel pressured to fulfill this role.
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Buro, 7/1 Nalbandian St
Admissions: open with prior registration ([email protected])
Languages: English and Armenian with interpretation
To learn more about the project and events with participation of the visiting American authors please visit www.ariliterature.org or contact us at [email protected].