Vázquez-Valarezo, Audre Lorde winners announced
The women, gender, and sexuality studies program has announced the winners of this year’s campus-wide contests that recognize excellence in poetry, creative expression and analytical writing.
The Davenport Writers Project
“At that time — the turn-of-the-century and the following decade or two — Davenport was a literary center equaled by no other city of similar size in the country.”
— Ralph Cram, Davenport Democrat News
Many people think nothing of cultural importance ever happens in the Midwest. The truth is, that 100 years ago Davenport was home to many of America’s most important writers.
The writers
To see where these writers lived and the places they wrote about, view the Davenport Writers Story Map below.
