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Featured Archive: 'Time and Distance Overcome' by Eula Biss, from The Iowa Review, 2008
"Of what use is such an invention?" The New York World asked shortly after Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated his telephone in 1876. The world was not waiting for the telephone."
5Q Interview: Tzveta Sofronieva, IWP Resident
"There are days when I work the whole day because my text demands it. Then fellow writers supply me with a drink or a bagel late at night."
5Q Interview: Li Kotomi 李琴峰, IWP Resident
I believe the most important thing to do during the residency is to explore the city and the culture here, and meanwhile, to communicate with those writers from all over the world.
