Supporting writers and building community
International Lights Salon Series
Sat, Sep 19
|1019 E Washington St
The International Writing Program and PorchLight bring global conversations around literature and the writing life into our community.
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
1019 E Washington St, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
About the event
Enjoy conversation, connection, and community over light snacks and wine. A collaboration with the International Writing Program, the International Lights Salon provides a space for visiting International writers, local artists, university students, and community members to engage in dialogue.
Join us online or in person. For a zoom link email Jennifer at jennifer@porchlightliterary.org
September 19th's topic will revolve around queer aesthetics in writing and creating queer writing communities. Our conversationalists will be:
Iván HOCHMAN (b. 1994, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an actor, writer, screenwriter, director, and teacher. His play Decir te amo es un atentado received a National Playwriting Award from the Teatro Nacional Cervantes and was presented at the Bienal de Arte Joven. He was selected for the Cannes Writers Club at Canneseries (2024) for his work as a screenwriter. His first novel, Por qué te vas (Milena Caserola, 2020; Alfaguara, 2023), was included in the Mapa de las Lenguas collection…