FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2003
CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119

INTERNATIONAL WRITERS TO VISIT DRAKE, DISCUSS AMERICA’S INTERNATIONAL ROLE
The Drake University Writers and Critics Series will present a roundtable discussion featuring four writers from the University of Iowa International Writers Program from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in the Cowles Library Reading Room, 28th Street and University Avenue.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is titled “America Abroad: A Discussion of America’s International Role.”

The roundtable, which is sponsored by Drake’s English Department and Center for the Humanities, will feature Paddy Woodworth, a non-fiction writer from Ireland; Agata Bielik-Robson, a philosopher from Poland; Leopoldo Brizuela, a novelist, poet and translator from Argentina; and Kim Young-Ha, a fiction writer from South Korea.

A reception will follow the discussion. For more information, call (515) 271-3994 or send an e-mail message to susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.