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Iowa Writes REBECCA CHRISTIAN Never having had a traffic-stopping body to begin with The behind, dimpling as desperately as Renee Zellwegger My karma, for once having made sport Thank God Almighty, free at last. And yet I cherish this nightmare of a body I love it as I loved the car I drove Even he now has tiny marionette lines And so I anoint it with oil |
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 REBECCA CHRISTIAN Rebecca Christian, a Des Moines writer, editor, and playwright, is the author of the plays "Mothering Heights" and "First Lady Lou," and the book "That's Our Story and We're Sticking to It." She is a columnist for the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque and Articles Editor of Traditional Home magazine. |
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