Poetry in Public Reading featuring the Iowa Student Poet Ambassador

Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from some of the 2023 Selected Poets.

Iowa Student Poet Ambassador, Lola Nakashima-Brooke, will open the event.

This event is live and in-person, and will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel

If your poem was selected for Poetry in Public 2023 and you wish to be added to the list of readers, please contact Rachael Carlson at rachael-carlson@iowacityofliterature.org

The following poets have already signed up to read:

Larren Abdulkareem

Rose Abdulkareem

Zenab Bashir

Phil Beck

Charlotte Brookins

Dan Campion

Park G Coe

Alyssa Denneny

Mario Duarte

Jessalyn Elder

Betsy Fischer

Cecile Goding & Eman Mohamed

Reed Hagan

Hailey Hansen

Jennifer Horn-Frasier

Evelyn Ingersoll

Mary Jedlicka Humston

Ayla Keck

Nancy Lael Braun

Lolo

Morgan Louvar

Henry McDonald

Lincoln Osborne

Rosalea Ragland

Danielle Zimmerman