Today is the first of the Iowa City Public Library Lecture Series, which I'm in charge of orchestrating. Today's topic is Translating and Writing Across Languages. My boss told me that if anything goes wrong, all eyes will turn to me. Pressure, anyone?
It's stressful to have this job while I'm doing my MFA--babysitting and meeting with and editing the ramblings of 38 writers from all over the world--but a nice excuse not to write and a little respite from solitude. So for now I try and make the best of it, and hope that nothing goes wrong. And if it does, and all eyes turn to me, I'll at least be dressed for the occasion.
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About Me
- ZenZoon
- I'm a Palestinian-American writer living in Iowa City. I'm currently working on two books and teaching creative writing at The University of Iowa. My work has appeared in Granta, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, BuzzFeed, and NPR. I have an MFA from Iowa and an MA international affairs from Columbia.
