Jason Walsmith

Sep 24, 2024 | laurabelin.substack.com | Laura Belin |Julie Gammack |Dartanyan Brown |Jason Walsmith

Greetings from Okoboji, where I am soaking in the amazing production that is the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat. After attending four sessions Monday with amazing writers, I was able to watch the premiere of Nik Heftman’s new documentary about spoken word poet Caleb Rainey. You can watch the trailer at Nik’s Substack home, .

May 26, 2024 | iowawriters.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Randy Evans |Dave Busiek |Jason Walsmith

New Collaborative member reports from "Quiltropolis" (Winterset 50273). She hit the ground running with three installments in one week, the most recent post, "Unrattled Mom," about shooting a timber rattler in Madison County in 1987, how The Register covered it, and the quilt she made about it. In Letters from Iowans, edited by ,we republish a column by and recommend his column,The First Person with Michael Judge.