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.

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R. STEVE BENSON

R. Steve Benson is married with 3 children. In 2009 he and his brother Barry published a book of poems, "Schooled Lives: Poems by Two Brothers." The Christian Science Monitor has published 20 of his poems and others have appeared in NAR, MARGIE, Hollins Critic, Wisconsin Review, Poet Lore, Spoon River Poetry Review, Briar Cliff Review, Slant, Poem and others.