冷戰局勢下，聶華苓與保羅．安格爾（Paul Engle）創辦愛荷華大學國際寫作計畫，每年邀請不同國家作家交流，曾為政治犯的楊逵1982年應邀至美國參加，與中國作家交流，感受到美國民間蓬勃力量，改變對美國的成見；美國的臺灣人組織也安排楊逵巡迴演講、媒體訪談，楊逵首次提出二二八事件細節、對臺灣與中國局勢的想法，提出有別於民族統一、具民主精神的「統一」概念；應邀參加臺灣文學研究會成立大會，鼓舞海外臺灣文化人。回臺灣前，楊逵也應邀拜訪日本演講，重遊年少時打工生活的場所。本文探討楊逵赴美交流梗概、在愛荷華國際作家計畫交流情形、臺美人安排演講與專訪內容、及其以「民主」為核心價值的臺灣前景，勾勒楊逵晚年思想內涵，豐富楊逵研究

Amid the Cold War, The International Writing Program (IWP) was founded by Paul Engle and Hualing Nieh Engle (聶華苓) as a non-academic, internationally focused counterpart to the Iowa Writers' Workshop. In 1982, political prisoner and famous writer Yang Kui (楊逵) was invited by the IWP to the United States to attend the program. This gave him the rare opportunity to engage with writers from China, and also experience first-hand American civil power, changing his prejudice towards American imperialism. Furthermore, Taiwanese-American organizations arranged a speech tour and media interviews for Yang Kui. The atmosphere of freedom in the United States allowed Yang Kui (楊逵) to talk about his experience during the 228 Incident for the first time; furthermore, he was also able to express his opinions on Taiwan-China relations, while also proposing a notion of ＂national unity＂ that was in line with the spirit of democracy. Before returning to Taiwan, he was also invited to give a speech in Japan, thus allowing him to revisit the place where he had worked in his younger years. This paper discusses Yang Kui's activities in the United States in 1982 in order to enrich academic research that focuses on the ideology of his later years