Tag: Iowa City
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Iowa City Inspiration
I just returned from a quick overnight trip to Iowa City. There are many things I love about this city. Like…. But the real reason I return to Iowa City every summer is the way it inspires my writing. Today I attended a free lecture by Juliet Patterson, “Alternative Fuel Sources: Powering the Non-narrative Essay.”…
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Summer Pilgrimage into Poetry
Iowa City is a place of poets and aspiring writers of novels, memoirs, flash-fiction, and sermons. It’s a place of independent book stores, all-you-can-eat Indian buffets and Hawkeyes—everywhere—Hawkeyes. I hope to post some of the writing that has bubbled up for me at the Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival. But for now a simple note of…