I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Helene Cardona for my KRUU radio show, Irving…
Poetry and Literature
Is 1st World Publishing becoming known as an imprint for high quality poetry? Let’s look…
BY RUSTIN LARSON Poems from Guantanamo, a new book from the University of Iowa Press…
BY RUSTIN LARSON Have you ever sat down to lunch with someone and felt like…
BY STEVE SEMKEN The morel season starts with a thought one morning, the vision of…
In its inaugural year, The Iowa Source 2006 Poetry Contest more than surpassedour judges’ expectations.…
Not far from where I live heavy machinery has scraped the earth down to a…
BY CHRISTINE SCHRUM Nebraskan Ted Kooser When I attended a reading by U.S. Poet Laureate…
The weather has been on my mind: the variety of storms, the color of a…
Watercolor writing is a long, drawn-out brushstroke inspired by sunset. This early November evening the…
Soul of Rejoicing Today, amidst the hot, dry days of summer, a cool northern sky…
I admit it, I love creativity and make an effort to allow myself moments toobserve…
Anyone who thinks poetry is a dead art should attend one of Freddy’s readings. (Photo…
BY FREDDY NIAGARA FONSECA We have all nursed illusions: give us the right ones! And…
BY GARY J. WHITEHEAD It’s impossible, isn’t it, to wakewhen it’s still dark and walk…