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Katherine Vaz on Primeira Pessoa
Our own Katherine Vaz is the first American to be interviewed by Fátima Campos Ferreira for the Portuguese primetime interview program Primeira Pessoa (First...
International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal June 28 - July 10 2026
meet our Faculty
Faculty and guests for 2026 will include Dur E Aziz Amna, Desiree Bailey, Anelise Chen, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Brian Evenson, Arthur Flowers, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Chet'la Sebree, and Terri Witek, with more TBA!
aboutThe Program
We'll be updating program information for 2026 shortly with workshops, costs and deadlines, and other information about the program
Ready? Apply Now
General applications to the summer program will be open from September to December each year.
“Good Tank Farms” by Millicent Borges...
Congratulations to alum Millicent Borges Accardi, whose poem “Good Tank Farms” appears in the Winter 2025 issue of The Paris Review! Check out her...
New Swahili Fiction translated by Jay Boss Rubin
The Witness of Nina Mvungi and Other Stories, the first full-length book of fiction by award-winning contemporary Tanzanian author Esther Karin Mngodo, is...
“Cuentos de Hoy” by Silvia Spring in Iowa...
2023 alum Silvia Spring has a story out in the Fall 2025 issue of the Iowa Review! You can find “Cuentos de Hoy” and the rest of the issue here.
Only Son by Kevin Moffett
DISQUIET faculty Kevin Moffett’s novel Only Son was longlisted for the National Book Award, and is available now from McSweeney’s!
Dead Things and Where to Put Them by Marina Carreira
2024 Luso-American Fellow Marina Carreira’s new book, Dead Things and Where to Put Them, is out now from Cavankerry Press! Grab a copy here.
