A former Rockford resident said living in the city inspired him to write again after a 15-year hiatus. He took these experiences and strung them together in his latest poetry book that came out July 11.
Richard Vargas’s new book is “The Screw City Poems.” Screw City is one of Rockford’s nicknames. The city was a major hub for the manufacturing of screws, bolts, and other machinery in the 20th century.
Vargas started writing poems in junior high school, but he was in love with the craft before that. He said he was a ferocious reader…