Wood Is Not Dead

Wood is not dead It is a facsimile of itself Disguised as slices of trees Living in houses Or as posts driven into river muck It is abrupt curtains...

Jennifer L. Knox: The Informer Interview

Jennifer L. Knox is a poet who lives in Nevada. Her work has appeared four times in the Best American Poetry series as well...

What Killed the Dinosaurs

A poem from the Informer's Molly McDonald published in the first issue of the new zine from Nova Labs, the local record label co-founded...

The Scavengers: Don’t Litter Entire Planets

Illustrations by Blaine Garrett Editor's note: Lucas Bleyle is a freshman at Ames High School and one of the "Fort Kids" who, last summer in...

McDemocracy

I walk into the church to vote which is, just as a first impression, kind of intimidating on account of me not being allowed...
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