‘Some Answers I Give My White Friends”
Award-winning poet Caleb Rainey helps white allies understand how to authentically support Black Lives Matter.
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | May 2, 2022 | Columns, 2020, 2022, April 2022, Archives, BIPOC, July 2020, Social Justice
Award-winning poet Caleb Rainey helps white allies understand how to authentically support Black Lives Matter.
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | May 10, 2021 | Arts, 2021, Archives, BIPOC, Columns, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, Topics
IOWA CITY — With the 2020 murder of George Floyd, and the trial of the officer who killed...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Jan 23, 2020 | Columns, 2020, Archives, Arts, Education, January 2020
I constantly have conversations with people who commend me for being a writer and within the same...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Nov 28, 2019 | Arts, 2019, Archives, Central Iowa, Columns, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, November 2019
Caleb Rainey In the documentary, “Louder Than a Bomb,” a poet takes the stage and says “poets,...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Oct 25, 2019 | Arts, 2019, Archives, Columns, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, October 2019, Topics
A new program gives high schoolers in Iowa City a chance to experience spoken word poetry.
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Oct 6, 2019 | Columns, 2019, Archives, Arts, BIPOC, October 2019, Social Justice, Topics
Them: “So, what do you do?” Me: “I’m a poet.” Them: “Me too! What kind?” Me: “Spoken word.” Them:...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Aug 29, 2019 | Columns, 2019, Archives, Arts, August 2019, BIPOC, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, Social Justice, Topics
Since he released his first book, “Look Black Boy,” this spring, Caleb “The...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Aug 7, 2019 | Columns, 2019, Archives, Arts, August 2019, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, Topics
I published a book. That sentence is so much bigger than the four words that contain it. Most days...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Jul 11, 2019 | Arts, 2019, Archives, BIPOC, Central Iowa, Columns, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, July 2019, News, Social Justice, Topics
DES MOINES — In a world where many of us are still ignored, a group of talented high school...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Rainey | Apr 24, 2019 | Arts, 2019, April 2019, Archives, Columns, Topics
At the risk of coming across as that obnoxious English lit instructor, or a dinner party show-off,...
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