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Love Letters: Keep that which brings joy

Posted on Oct 2, 2019 by David Duer

Flawless seashells tiny as fingernails,
prickly cockle and calico scallop
keyhole limpet and kitten’s paw,
we found while walking Florida beaches
the Christmas we shared a house
with our three kids and their friends. […]

Poetry City Actualized: A look back at the birth of an Iowa City-based literary movement

Posted on Jan 9, 2015 by Adam Burke

Welcome to Iowa City, aka Poetry City, where key Actualist sites have been targeted by urban development for over forty years. What’s Actualism? It’s a poetry… […]

Interview: Poet Stephen Sturgeon and book artist Candida Pagan’s unique approach to publishing

Posted on Jul 16, 2014 by Lizzy Schule

Local poet Stephen Sturgeon’s recent piece, The Ship, details the macabre account of the narrator’s travels down an unnamed river; with the narrative meandering… […]