Sridala Swami and Jiaxin Wang, two International Writing Program (IWP) residents at the University of Iowa, read their poetry to live jazz music at the City of Asylum/Pittsburgh Jazz-Poetry Concert on September 7, 2013.

Christopher Merrill, Director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, explains the valuable cultural exchanges that take place each year when writers from around the world gather for a semester in Iowa City to discuss and share their craft.