Supporting writers and building community
International Lights Salon Series
Sat, Oct 03
|PorchLight Literary Arts Center
Join us us for a short reading and conversation about feminism and writing
Time & Location
Oct 03, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 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
Sarah Gilmartin’s short stories have been published in The Dublin Review, The Tangerine and The Stinging Fly. She won the Máirtín Crawford Short Story Award in 2020. Her novels Dinner Party: A Tragedy (2021), Service (2023) and Little Vanities (2026) are published by Pushkin Press. They have been shortlisted for the Irish Books Awards, the Kate O’Brien Award, and translated into Italian and German. She was the 2025 Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at Dublin City University.
Mona Sylviana is an Indonesian fiction writer and essayist. Her short story collection Wajah Terakhir (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2011) explores the lives of women…