Sinew: Muscle Poems & Mantras, Bar Rants & Bliss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692554104)

John Arends is an award-winning poet, author, playwright and screenwriter. After earning a degree in journalism at Iowa State University, he completed two years of post-graduate study as a recipient of the prestigious Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship in Creative Writing. During that time, he also served as editor-in-chief of the pictorial book IOWA: The American Heartland, featuring an introduction by Time magazine correspondent Hugh Sidey and the images of the National Geographic photographer Craig Aurness. Arends participated in the early days of Marc Smith's poetry slams at the Green Mill, and more recently he has been writing screenplays for television and Hollywood. These include his feature film script TRICE, inspired by the true story of Jack Trice, the first and only African-American to have a major college football stadium named in his honor. In 2014, Arends was selected to write an original feature film for the National Football League. He and his wife, Anne, live in the Fox River valley west of Chicago, where they've raised three now-adult children -- Kate, Allie and Dave. They enjoy running with a pack of four-leggers, led by their golden retriever, Ellie, and two cats, Murphy and Watson, who are truly gifted and know it.