Being from small town Iowa, I often found poetry was not something taught in English class. I enjoyed writing it, as all self-loathing teenagers do. I wrote something down as soon as it came into my head and then I would drop it. I figured whatever I had written was out of my head and … Continue reading
Tag Archives: fall 2013
Publication Release of Poetry, Volume 44, Issue 1
With January 1st right around the corner, it seemed wrong to not post about our successful publication release earlier this month. The Coe Review took over the PUB on campus for our release. We had food catered by Sodexo, coffee galore, and a fair amount of students and staff who came out to see our newest issue. … Continue reading
Experiencing the Iowa City Book Festival
By Jenna Kelly Iowa City is often referred to as a literary capital of the world. As I’ve only visited once, I can’t be too critical of that claim. One can find small book stores everywhere, especially privately-owned ones. Prairie Lights is famous for being a large attraction for bookworms that still retains its independent … Continue reading
On Joining the Coe Review
By Olivia McElwain When I was staying on campus as prospective student, I kept hearing murmurs of a great literary magazine called Coe Review. However, I was under a lot of pressure because of interviews, and I completely forgot about it until my first day of classes at Coe College. My literature professor told us … Continue reading
Robin Sloan at Prairie Lights: On E-Books and the Kindle
by Alex Boyd On the second floor of Prairie Lights Bookstore about a dozen, perhaps a bit more, readers and writers sat for a very brief reading by Robin Sloan out of his first novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, and a more extensive Q&A with him. His book is a crossover of several genres—romance, thriller, adventure, and … Continue reading
A Semester Exploring Poetry
By: Patrick Johnson My exposure to contemporary poetry before this semester has been… unfortunately limited, to put it mildly. I had been working on expanding my knowledge base in fiction, so poetry got shoved to the side. That, and I found the prospect of diving headlong into poetry mildly intimidating, as I hadn’t the slightest … Continue reading
An Afternoon of Poetry and Film: Nick Twemlow’s “Debutante Ball”
By: Hailley Fargo New poetry professor Nick Twemlow stood at the front of a sizable crowd one afternoon in Hickok Hall and claimed his presentation was his own “debutante ball.” The audience chuckled, settling into Twemlow’s off-beat humor. Twemlow entertained his audience for an hour, showing his best work and its diversity. This presentation was … Continue reading
