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Meet the Author

Sarah Noll Wilson | Don’t Feed the Elephants:  Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships

You see the giant footprints the moment you walk through the door. The conference room is a swirling mess of...

Meet the Poets

Daniel Khalastchi & Marc Rahe | American Parables & Gravity Well

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

American Parables—Daniel Khalastchi’s award-winning third collection of poetry—provides an uncompromising exploration into the political and societal disturbances facing America today....

Meet the Author

Wes Pranschke | Little Ben and the Old Man in the House

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Little Ben discovers that the Old Man in the scary house is not exactly as he seems.   About the...

Meet the Poet

Paul Brooke | The Skald and the Drukkin Tröllaukin

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Dr. Paul Brooke's writing has been featured in such journals as the North American Review, The Antioch Review, Rocky Mountain...

Meet Three Poets

Laura Johnson, Hannah Soyer, & Dawn Terpstra | Memento Vivere, The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet, & Songs from the Summer Kitchen

@ Artisan Gallery 218 

 

Artisan Gallery 218 218 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA, United States

Memento Vivere by Laura Johnson In Memento Vivere, a tiny volume of rebellion against death, Cedar Rapids poet Laura Johnson...

Book-Signing

Roxanne Conlin | Unstoppable: The Nine Lives of Roxanne Barton Conlin 

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Unstoppable is the first in-depth biography of Roxanne Barton Conlin, who rose from a difficult childhood where she faced an...

AViD Author

Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

 @ Central Library

Language scholar and author Amanda Montell will appear at Central Library on Thursday, April 21 at 7 PM to discuss...

Booksigning

David Mosinski | Life Lessons and Lost Wars  

 

Enlightening accounts from a US Army soldier covering an unusual range of assignments, training events, operations, military intelligence work, and...

Poetry & Poets

Ryan Clark & Daniel Biegelson | Arizona SB 1070: An Act & Of Being Neighbors 

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

While it may be true that art cannot redeem the flaws of our deleterious society, it can often reveal more...

Meet the Author

Deb Kline | Forgetting to Remember

@ Artisan Gallery 218

 

 

Artisan Gallery 218 218 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA, United States

Author’s words and music combine to provide a beacon of hope during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Deb Kline's heart-wrenching and...

Meet the Author

Madhu Raghavendra | Being Non-essential

 

 

 

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Madhu’s poems have a universal quality that connects to your core and elevates your mind. — Evan Mack Madhu’s poetry...

Poetry & Coffee

Judy Richardson | Coffee Lovers’ Poetry Companion

 

Grab a cup of coffee & join Judy for a chat!  Catch up on old times or share a favorite...