Poetry Reading with Iowa Poet Laureate Vince Gotera

Name: Poetry Reading with Iowa Poet Laureate Vince Gotera
Start: 2025-10-16T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-16T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52401

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52401 | Cedar Rapids, IA

Iowa Poet Laureate Vince Gotera will read from his books of poetry, "Dragons & Rayguns" and "The Coolest Month." A book signing and chance to meet the author will follow. Books will be available for purchase.
Gotera taught at the University of Northern Iowa for almost 30 years, edited the "North American Review" (2000-2016) and "Star*Line" (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2017-2020). His poetry collections include "Dragonfly," "Ghost Wars," "Fighting Kite," "The Coolest Month," and "Dragons & Rayguns". Recent poems include "Crab Orchard Review," "Ekphrastic Review," "The MacGuffin," "Philippines Graphic" (Philippines), "Rattle," and the "anthologiesMultiverse" (UK) and "Hay(na)ku 15." Fiind his blog, The Man with the Blue Guitar, at vincegotera.blogspot.com.