Dramatic Writing
Anna Rogoshnikova and Edi Shukriu Reading, October, 2005
IWP Director Christopher Merrill introduces a joint reading featuring Kazakhstani author Anna Rogozhnikova and Edi Shukriu from Kosovo. Rogoshnikova reads a selection of short fiction pieces. Shukriu reads from the… more
Playwrighting and the Dialog Between Language and Action, August, 2000
Mike Finn begins the discussion. H.S. Shivaprakash discusses shape-changing, different forms of theater, India, and the caste system. Motti Lerner discusses how theater is able to influence the spectator, to… more
György Spiró Interview, January, 1995
Clark Blaise interviews György Spiró, a novelist and playwright from Hungary. Spiró was ten years old at the time of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and talks about his life… more
Innocent Datondji Interview, January, 1995
Datondji discusses issues facing his country of Benin both during and after the Marxist regime. He also talks about challenges he faces as a playwright in a “non-theatrical” environment and… more
Andrej Blatnik and ÍÀroslav Steĺmakh Interviews, January, 1993
Peter Nazareth interviews Andrej Blatnik for the first 13 minutes of the interview; they discuss Tito’s influence on the former Yugoslavia. In the latter half of the program, ÍÀroslav Steĺmakh… more
Para-Literary Careers, October, 1990
Clark Blaise introduces a 1990 IWP panel about para-literary careers. Antonio Lopez Ortega shares that because he works in television, he has been able to cultivate working relationships with some… more
Drama in the Real World, October, 1990
Samīrah Māní, a dramatist from Iraq, reads from her play “Only A Half,” which deals with the segregation of men and women in the Arab world and then she discusses… more