Christopher Mlalazi Iowa Bound
Mlalazi signing books at the Iso Won Bookstore in Los Angeles, 2010. We were co-featured at this event where African Roar 1 was launched. It was fun sharing the stage with Chris. Christopher Mlalazi has done it again. He has just been offered a creative writing residency at the University of Iowa called the INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGAM (IWP). Running from August to November 2012 annually, this program is the oldest and largest multinational residency in the world and has been in existence since 1967. Over 1400 writers from more than 130 nations have taken part in the residency. The goal of the IWP is to provide authors the time to write, read, translate, study, conduct research, travel, give readings, and also be part of the vibrant literary and academic community of the University of Iowa, a major American research instituiton in Iowa city, the only American city designated as a UNESCO City of Literature. Christopher Mlalazi is a published author wi...