Jennifer L. Knox

Jennifer L. Knox

Jennifer L. Knox is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently, Crushing It. Knox received her bachelor’s from the University of Iowa, and her master’s of fine arts in poetry writing from New York University. Her poems have appeared five times in the...
Our Founder Reads at Litquake 2022

Our Founder Reads at Litquake 2022

Ana McCracken, Ames Writers Collective’s founder, read a short piece as part of the Page Street writers at this year’s Litquake in San Francisco. The topic was “Welcome to Enlightenment.” Listen to Ana’s reading here: Your browser does...
First Swift Writers Workshop is a Success

First Swift Writers Workshop is a Success

In July we held the first Ames Writers Collective Swift Youth Writing Workshop, and it was a huge success! It was fun, and challenging, and all of us learned so much from writing together. Our writers were twelve kids ranging from 7th grade to 12th grade, and they...
Why Join a Cancer Writing Circle?

Why Join a Cancer Writing Circle?

Video – Writing Circle Wednesdays If you are going through cancer treatment, or have completed treatment within the last two years, why would you want to be part of a weekly writing circle? What if you don’t think of yourself as a writer? Writing Circle...