Iris Appelquist is a native of Kansas City, Missouri. Her endeavor to carve out a niche for herself has been rewarded with publication of two full-length volumes of poetry, Blunt Trauma (Co-authored by Jason Ryberg, 2009, Spartan Press, KCMO), Briar (2012, Spartan Press, KCMO), and Where We Were We Were There (Spartan Press, 2015) -- not to mention appearing to read and discuss poetry on her local NPR affiliate, in the local Kansas City Star, and several independent online and print magazines and journals. Nice Feelings, is a small collection that details the mystifying process of personal growth through the confessional style and surrealist conjecture.