At the crossroads of two remarkable cultural legends exists Jay Sigmund, born in Waubeek, Iowa. As the Regionalist movement was in full swing guess who had an enormous influence on well-known artist icon Grant Wood? Jay Sigmund. Also, at this time, it turned out that a paperboy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was working on his poetry with Jay Sigmund this paperboy was Paul Engle, who later went on to co-create the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the international Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In his time, Jay Sigmund was a well respected insurance agent, but also a well respected and well-known author of poetry as well as having a major impact on Midwestern culture.