Broads And Books

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 RobinsonErin: Some Other Town, Elizabeth CollisonOther 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 StorePlus! Other Iowa authors you should know and love: Kali Van BaaleJulie StoneFrancis SparksJames ErwinJennifer WilsonIowa Writers and Illustrators ________