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Meg Johnson (other)
Meg Johnson is an American poet and lecturer. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including ''Midwestern Gothic'', ''Slipstream Magazine'', ''Word Riot'', ''Hobart (magazine), Hobart'', and many others. Her first collection of poems, ''Inappropriate Sleepover'', was released in 2014, her second collection, ''The Crimes of Clara Turlington'', was released in December 2015., and her third book, ''Without: Body, Name, Country'' is due to release in September 2020. She is also the current editor of the ''Dressing Room Poetry Journal''. Early life and education Johnson was born and raised in Ames, Iowa, Ames, Iowa. She enjoyed dance as a child and wrote poems in high school. She danced with the Iowa State University dance department in high school and later studied dance at Columbia College Chicago and the University of Iowa. Johnson left college early in order to pursue a professional career in dance. She eventually became a principal dancer at the Kanopy Dance C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines in central Iowa. It is the home of Iowa State University (ISU). According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's List of cities in Iowa, ninth-most populous city. Iowa State University was home to 30,177 students as of fall 2023, which make up approximately one half of the city's population. A United States Department of Energy national laboratory, Ames Laboratory, is located on the ISU campus. Ames also hosts United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sites: the largest federal animal disease center in the United States, the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center (NADC), as well as one of two national USDA sites for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which comprises the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and the Center for Veterinary Biologics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
