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Iowa Writes ERIN MARSHALL ROSE (Rolling her eyes) REINA So? ROSE I'm saying it gets old. Couldn't they have come up with something better? A different flower, maybe? REINA C'mon. They can't send a postcard with tulips on it to a girl named Rose. ROSE It would've been a nice change. REINA If you say so. ROSE Roses, roses, roses—every birthday, every postcard. REINA (Looking through the postcards and beginning to ignore ROSE) ROSE Reina. (Thinking) How would you feel if they gave you water for your birthday? REINA (Looking at her skeptically) ROSE Or—or what about postcards with pictures of water on them? You would get annoyed, wouldn't you? REINA Most postcards nowadays do have pictures of water on them, Rose. Look around. Seaside scenes are pretty typical. (Beat.) Besides, you know Mom and Dad didn't send me postcards. ROSE Yeah. I guess. |
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 ERIN MARSHALL Erin Marshall is an intern at The Iowa Review and studies creative writing at The University of Iowa. |
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