poetry

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.

When people say that life is like a fairytale they’re usually forgetting about all the bad stuff, but Sabrina Orah Mark digs right into the darkness when using them as a tool in her memoir.

Robert Leonard is a keen observer of his fellow humans. He studies us from the perspective of a trained anthropologist and a seasoned journalist.

Ahead of his appearance at the Des Moines book festival, Sequoia Nagamatsu discusses his novel How High We Go in the Dark.

Published in 1986, Thomas and Beulah is a poetry collection that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987, inspired by the lives of Rita Dove's grandparents.

An Iowa arts extravaganza: discussing DJ Savarese's new poetry collection, an initiative among educators to break stereotypes and a conversation with musician — and Iowan — Greg Brown.

If you haven't picked up a romance novel in a while, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you find. Two connoisseurs of the genre join the show to discuss public opinion on romance novels and offer recommendations. Then poet Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey, discusses love poems and his new album.

Controversial LGBTQ-related education legislation — similar to measures seen in Republican-controlled states across the country — is going through the Iowa Statehouse this session.

The long-awaited sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hits movie theaters this week continuing an exploration of different cultures and history and affecting Iowans of color.