poetry

An Iowa transplant has channeled what he calls laziness into forming two successful companies, publishing a memoir and now turning that into a staged musical.

Essayist Ross Gay explores the beauty of the world and a music therapist discusses how music and singing can help those with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

Two artists who befriended during a writers retreat in Okoboji created a film about sharing poetry as a Black artist.

In part due to a budding friendship and a lost set of keys, local artist Caleb Rainey became the subject of a new documentary film, The Negro Artist.

This episode is all about poetry.

THe University of Iowa is home to the country's oldest literary translation program. Experts discuss why the program is renowned. And Kelsey Bigelow shares a lifetime of hurt and healing in her new poetry collection

An Iowa horticulturist will be featured at the Philadelphia Flower Show, the country's largest and longest running horticulture event.

Writers with different perspectives reflect on the Ukraine war nearly two years after Russia invaded the country.

Debra Marquart's new collection features lyric poetry from her career and 21 new poems. And the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra is bringing classical music to students in rural Iowa.

Will Bortz used writing to get through a rocky childhood, spending time in and out of the foster system. Experiences from that time inspired much of his latest collection of poetry, Many Small Hungerings.