Dear PorchLighters, The Writing Garden project continues this weekend with a planting and generative writing session led by Tricia...

Dear Friends, One of our goals at PorchLight is to offer a space for writers to interact, perform with, and learn from artists working in...

Dear PorchLighters, You may have seen our posts about PorchLight's new Rooftop Reading series, to be rolled out over four...

Dare I say that May is the most generous month? I just retrieved a May basket hanging from PorchLight's front door nob. So I will say it...

Hello Friends! It's the time of the year for the tiny but mighty scilla siberica to pop up all over the PorchLight lawn, and I'm happy to...

Dear friends of PorchLight, We’ve slowed down our events this January, offering just the usuals, The Free Gen ( a wonderful evening with...

"When we are awake and alive to the nuances of the world, we see that most things contain so-called dichotomies – lightness and darkness,...

Hello friends! We are delighted to report that our first Misfit Master class, in collaboration with Iowa City Poetry, is going strong!...

Dear PorchLight Community, As summer draws to a close and the leaves start to turn, we want to update you on some developments at...

Greetings, PorchLight Community! First, we would like to thank the City of Iowa City for granting PorchLight the special designation of...

LIT WALK TONIGHT! Mission Creek literary madness is upon us. Join PorchLight tonight at 5:00 at RSVP, as we host a stellar stop on the...

Since opening PorchLight many of you have reached out with questions about the writing process, finding editors, finding local critique...

Two weeks ago I started digging into the Anne Lamott oeuvre, and I'm finding myself so charmed by her mixture of cranky honesty, insight...

"The Weir" and "A Devil's Night Reading" I've just two pieces of literary culture to recommend this week. Both offerings speak to the act...

Greetings from the Porch! The acorns are falling from the trees and so are the literary events. If you would like to catch a few, here...

Well, here I go tooting my own horn and recommending "Prompt for the Planet: Community Creates" as the perfect solo, date or family...

Hello, hello! I see PorchLight as a place for retreat and contemplation, for sparking the wild writing mind, and for facilitating...

Dear readers, We've got three treats to recommend this week. I'll keep it short because it's all so sweet! First up, and for High school...

A Review by Cecile Goding Eleanor Burgess's play The Niceties focuses on a scenario that will be all too familiar to many of us—a student...

Dear Friends, Welcome to the first installment of PorchLight Recommends, a blog in which our PorchLight team, and esteemed friends get to...