Award-winning poet Caleb Rainey helps white allies understand how to authentically support Black Lives Matter.
‘Some Answers I Give My White Friends”
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High school writers connect across chasms with Page Poetry Contest
IOWA CITY -- With the 2020 murder of George Floyd, and the trial of the officer who killed him, a program I started as a high school writing program has become an escape, an outlet, and a way to deal for the young writers who are participating. Page Poetry Contest...
To step into your writer self, read your own story
I constantly have conversations with people who commend me for being a writer and within the same breath, assure me that they could never be one. Here’s a story about one of those people. A student of mine, we’ll call her June, regularly attends the weekly IC Speaks...
Slam poetry in Iowa born 19 years ago
Caleb Rainey In the documentary, “Louder Than a Bomb,” a poet takes the stage and says “poets, breathe now.” Though I wasn’t a poet yet when I saw the film, I held my breath and then released it with him. In that electrifying and powerful moment, I breathed life into...
Speaking their truth: IC Speaks gives high schoolers a taste of spoken word
A new program gives high schoolers in Iowa City a chance to experience spoken word poetry.
