Iowa Writers Workshop

I can't help but feel envious of the people studying/working here now. But I can't help feeling glad that I'm not out in Iowa. Sounds bad. Then again, where did poets like Jim Goar and Zachary Schomburg and Marcus Slease go? Those guys have the style that I like. Maybe Iowa pumps out some tame sounding stuff; I don't know. I'm not there, and this could be out of pure jealousy. But I know I have a good peer reader here and a good financial situation at WVU. Does everyone who is respected nowadays need to go to Iowa? I think not.