Iowa City Poetry News and Happenings
Stay up to date on poetry events, slams, and community resources.
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Sunday, October 4, 4:00-5:00 PM CT
Online Writers Open Mic
Share 4-5 minutes of your original writing with an appreciative and supportive audience.
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Over four Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, 6:30-8 pm Central
Crafting Metaphor through the Art of Noticing
Kelsey Bigelow
With in-class writing and workshopping time, we will train our brains to find poetic images in the world around us.
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Tuesday, October 13
IC Spoken Word Jazz
Bring your friends, bring your instrument, bring your words
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Sunday, October 18, 5:30-7 pm
Free Gen for October: Paula Cisewski
Each month a talented writer in our area leads the generative writing session, inspired by their own passions & interests.
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Sunday, October 25, in person
Write at the Stanley
Join us at the Stanley Museum of Art to generate new creative writing inspired by work in the collection.
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Sunday, November 15, 1-4 pm
Cut It Up: Poetry/Collage Generative Workshop
Margaret Yapp
In this fast-paced and immersive class, we'll combine our writing minds with our visual minds and our hands, to generate some inventive new work!
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Tuesday & Thursday, 6-8 PM
Library
Stop by to visit us at the new Iowa City Poetry Lending Library!
Our Question
How do we share poetry resources with everyone?
And because we’re based in Iowa City, we ask the question slightly differently. How do we share the wealth of literary resources in Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature and home to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, with all poets? Poets of all ages, incomes, identities, and experience levels?
Our Organization
founding director Lisa Roberts leads the team
With Reading Series Director Jennifer MacBain-Stephens, the Advisory Council, and the support of The James Gang, we are working to grow our programming and reach.