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Join us for the International Writing Program's Prairie Lights Reading Series this Sunday to hear readings by two 2024 Fall Residency writers and one University of Iowa MFA student.

Putra Hidayatullah (nonfiction and fiction writer, art curator, educator; Indonesia) is the author of a short story collection entitled Kebun Jagal [The Butcher’s Garden] (2023). His nonfiction writing has appeared in Artlink, Curatography, The Jakarta Post, and Check-In, while his fiction has been published in InterSastra, Porch Litmag, and Koran Tempo, among others. He served as a harvester for the international art exhibition documenta fifteen in Germany. He is currently writing a novel. His participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Priya Hein (fiction and nonfiction writer; Mauritius) debuted in 2023 with the novel Riambel, which won the Prix Athéna and was recognized as a notable African book for that year by the magazine Brittle Paper. The manuscript had previously won the Prix Jean Fanchette in 2021. Hein was nominated by the National Library of Mauritius for the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and was shortlisted for the Prix de l’Atelier Littéraire in 2021 and the Miles Morland Scholarship in 2023. In 2019, she was a mentee in the International Writing Program's Women’s Creative Mentorship Project. She is currently working on her second novel. Her participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Sant Giralt is a prolific, multidisciplinary artist: writer, filmmaker, playwright. His mutating body of work deals with LGTTBQI+ themes, feminism, diverse family constructions and memory. He’s an IWP 2017 alum and, presently, an MFA in Spanish Creative Writing candidate in the University of Iowa.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the IWP in advance at iwp@uiowa.edu or 319-335-0128.