Think Iowa is all fields of corn and State Fair antics? Get your head in the game (and keep that corn away from Erin).
This week we're highlighting Iowa authors and local big deals. Come for the great picks, stay for our time capsule ideas involving Herky the Hawk that take a deadly turn.
We're nice in Iowa. But that doesn't stop us from trying to get Erin on Dateline.
Our picks this week:
Novels:
Amy: Lila, Marilynne Robinson
Erin: Some Other Town, Elizabeth Collison
Other Books:
Amy: We the Interwoven: An Anthology of Bicultural Iowa, Volume 1, Sadagat Aliyeva, Melissa Palma, and Chuy Renteria, Edited by Andrea Wilson (Collection from the Iowa Writer's House Bicultural Fellowship)
Erin: Midnight Assassin, Patricia Bryan and Thomas Wolf (Nonfiction)
Pop Culture:
Amy: Missing in the Metro (Podcast)
Erin: Raygun: Overheard in the Store
Plus! Other Iowa authors you should know and love:
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