Join us at Art on the Prairie again this year as Poetry& and the Iowa Poetry Association present “Poetry on the Prairie” in Perry, Iowa. Beaverdale Books will be there with books for sale and signing.  They will be welcoming many local poets, so mark your calendar to join in on the fun. This event is free and open to the public!

Here is the complete schedule of events:

Saturday, November 11:

• 10:00 -10:30 | Coffee/Networking
• 10:30 – 12:00 | Ekphrastic Workshop with Deb Marquart
• 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunchtime Erasure & Centos with Kelsey Bigelow & Dawn Terpstra
• 1:00 – 2:30 | Feature Poet Readings led by Dawn Terpstra
• 2:30 – 3:00 | Break
• 3:00 – 4:30 | Poetry Slam & Open Mic led by Kelsey Bigelow

Sunday, November 12:

• 11:00 – 12:00 | Lyrical Iowa Poet Readings led by Editor & Poet Marilyn Baszczynski
• 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunchtime Erasure & Centos with Kelsey & Dawn
• 1:00 – 2:30 | Spoken Word Workshop with Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey
• 3:00 – 4:00 | Open Mic led by Pat Boddy & David Williamson

The Saturday feature reading will highlight the following poets:

• Lola Nakashima-Brooke
• Deb Marquart
• Corinne Stanley
• Vincent Ali
• Leah Huizar
• Steve Rose

The Lyrical Iowa reading will include:

• Kathy Geren Christy
• Maggie Ripperger
• Dawn Terpstra
• Heather Clark
• Dennis Maulsby
• Shelly Thieman
• Janet Carl
• Ginnie Padden
• Margaret Flint Suter
• Ashley Wolftornabane
• Jim Hackett
• Arsema Behane

See the full list of Art on the Prairie events at artontheprairie.org