Supporting writers and building community
International Lights Salon Series
Sat, Oct 17
|PorchLight Literary Arts Center
Join us us for a conversation on the theme "From Print to Stage to Screen: Writing Across Formats."
Time & Location
Oct 17, 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
Camila Urioste is a Bolivian writer. With Diario de Alicia (2005) she became the first woman in Bolivia to win the National Poetry Award. Between 2009 and 2020 she wrote eight plays, staged in national and international theater festivals in Bolivia and South America. In 2017 she won the Bolivian National Novel Prize for her first novel, Soundtrack (Editorial 3600). She holds an MFA in Spanish Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. Her thesis was a Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel called Manqapacha Delight, which was published in Bolivia in August of 2024 and launched at the International Book…