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Iowa Writes JANE MEAD The line of a man's neck, bent Think of their silent preparation: Much later, spine uncurls, jaw pulls back, brow-bone He did it for nothing. He did it The line of one man's neck, bent— There was a creature who left the waves behind |
About Iowa Writes Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette. In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature. Find out more about submitting by contacting iowa-writes@uiowa.edu JANE MEAD Jane Mead's collection of poetry, The Usable Field, will be out from Alice James in 2008. She is the author of two previous collections of poetry, House of Poured-Out Waters (Illinois, 2001) and The Lord and the General Din of the World, (Sarabande, 1996). For many years Poet-in-Residence at Wake Forest University, she now teaches in the Iowa Summer Writing Festival and manages a ranch in northern California. "The Argument Against Us" appears in Voices on the Landscape: Contemporary Iowa Poets, edited by Michael Carey (Loess Hills Books, 1996). |
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