A poem of mine's up in Tupelo Quarterly's latest issue, TQ12. I wrote it after attending the memorial service of a much beloved Ames local, Charlie Vestal, who I never met.

Charlie Vestal's Memorial Service by Jennifer L. Knox

You'd show up in pajama pants and slippers to dig ditches for the old boy at the mic. He knew you'd always be an hour late, he says, and then you'd have to go get breakfast which took another hour, then another hour to eat it. Laughter.

Thanks, Nicole Santalucia, for all the tits.

Read more about it here! 

Thanks, Mo-tho!

Here's a recording of Wednesday's reading with Ned Balbo and Jane Satterfield. It was wonderful! Thanks for having us, Greta Anderson and KHOI Community Radio!
 

Click the pic to go to the page. This is what the link looks like.

Today I got to talk some IBOM and trumpeter swans with Charity Nebbe on "Talk of Iowa"! What fun!

Todd Burras of the Ames Trib gave us a great write-up, along with Story County COnservation's upcoming Birdapalooza event in April 1! Jess Lancial, thank you for creating such an amazing event!

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My FIL came up with a great idea last night: Someone could make a website that counts the money we're spending on security for Dump's massive  pinhead brood, his weekly trips to Smeara Lardo, and all the rest, in real time. Then we can also have a counter showing the $ Obama spent after being in office for the same amount of time. You could show how Dump blows through more of our cash in a weekend golf outing than the National Endowment for the Arts' entire annual budget, the wonderful people who brought us King Tut. You could have a little pop-up counter for your desktop, or make it into an app. I said, "I'll throw that out on soc med. Maybe someone will make it." 

Here's a wonderful write-up about Iowa Bird of Mouth for the Iowa Arts Counci blog.

"The list of contributors includes writers of all levels, from a National Book Award nominee to preschoolers, from Iowa and beyond. Nobody has to sign their name, so it’s hard to tell who they are, but collectively, they’ve written some 'knockout' stuff every single month, Jennifer said."

Crow-dsourcing verses at the Clarke County Arts Council. Awesome people!