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Eavan Boland in Iowa
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This semester, the Irish poet Eavan Boland visited the University of Iowa as an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, participating in a variety of different events on campus October 12th -16th. We have cataloged the archives of her visit below.
Boland, who attended an IWP residency in 1979, has published nine volumes of poetry, as well as two volumes of prose. She is professor of English at Stanford University and director of the creative writing program.
Eavan Boland reading
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As the featured guest for a public reading in honor of Paul Engle, Eavan Boland began her visit to Iowa City by reading in the Shambaugh Auditorium on the University of Iowa Campus.
Shambaugh Auditorium | Oct. 12, 2009
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Q & A Session
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On Tuesday, Eavan Boland met with Writers' Workshop graduate students at the Dey House Frank Conroy Memorial Reading Room to answer their questions and discuss the process of writing. Listen to the discussion here:
Eavan Boland Q & A
Dey House Frank Conroy Memorial Reading Room, Oct. 13, 2009
Live Discussion
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The Writing University website hosted an online chat with Irish poet Eavan Boland at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14. Boland discussed poetry, writing in an international community, as well as other literary topics.
Read the archive of the Eavan Boland chat
Eavan Boland Interview with Christopher Merrill and Kiki Petrosino
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International Writing Program Director Christopher Merrill and IWP Program Assistant Kiki Petrosino sat down with Eavan Boland in the Shambaugh House on Thursday to ask her a few questions about her work. Listen to the entire interview here:
Eavan Boland Interview, Shambaugh House, Oct. 15, 2009:
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October 16, 2009
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