Iowa Review Reading
David Hamilton, editor of the Iowa Review, begins the reading with a moment of silence for the hostage tragedy in Beslan, Russia. He notes that every issue of the Iowa Review features a “Human Rights Index.”
Hamilton introduces author Yiyun Li. Yiyun Li reads her short story, “The Ground Floor,” and then she and David Hamilton take questions from the audience. Yiyun Li shares why she originally moved from China to Iowa City to study immunology and how she eventually earned M.F.A. degrees from both the Writers’ Workshop and the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. Hamilton describes the editorial processes of the Iowa Review.
In: "Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive | Fiction
Authors: Yiyun Li , David Hamilton
Date Recorded: September 03, 2004
Works Read: Yiyun Li reads "The Ground Floor" from The Iowa Review (Volume 34. Number 2: Fall 2004).
Program: Live From Prairie Lights
Format: reading
Contributors: Julie Englander hosts the reading and introduces David Hamilton.
Topics: human rights; creative writing