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When Love and Writing Mix (Or Don't)
Two Midwest writers on prioritizing their creative lives after marriage
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Macey Shofroth
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When kids get to kick
Des Moines Refugee Support gets refugee kids into soccer
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Macey Shofroth
Why do I stay?
On choosing the Midwest Creative Life
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Macey Shofroth
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March 2024

I'm filling my creative well this week
because my brain decided it's OOO
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Macey Shofroth
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Creative Community: Kelsey Bigelow, Caleb Rainey, and the Poetry Potluck
How two Des Moines poets help others find their poetic potential
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Macey Shofroth
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The Iowa Women's Basketball team is full of incredible athletes—and artists
How the Hawkeyes have perfected the art of basketball
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Macey Shofroth
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Kelsey Bigelow learns to stand in her power in her collection "Far From Broken"
A review of the Des Moines poet's upcoming release
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Macey Shofroth
Creative Nourishment: Molly by Blake Butler
What we owe when we write memoir
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Macey Shofroth
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The Art of Love and Memory
How memory keeping sustains us
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Macey Shofroth
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February 2024

Creative Community: Creative Midwest Media Cohort Elevates Creative Storytelling in the Midwest
Arts Midwest's newest initiative provides support to organizations sharing the vibrant, brilliant artistic community in the Midwest
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Macey Shofroth
I Traveled to New Orleans and I Didn't Write
On the ways we find inspiration in different lands
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Macey Shofroth
Creative Nourishment: Writing prompt from Monica Rico and Suleika Jaouad
An attempt at something different
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Macey Shofroth
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