Mary Swander's Emerging Voices

What's at Stake in Iowa's Attack on Libraries?

by Angie Carter

Aug 28 • 

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Heartbreak and Possibility on a Remnant Prairie

by Hannah Breckbill

Aug 14 • 

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July 2025

The Killing Season

by Denise O'Brien from "Firmly Rooted"

Jul 31 • 

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Lessons from a College Organizer

by Aidan Yoder

Jul 17 • 

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From the Word ‘Humus’: A Dialogue about Soil

by Josh Anderson and Austen Camille

Jul 3 • 

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June 2025

Vang

A Story of Recent Immigrant Farmers

Jun 19 • 

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Love the Bees

by Russ Mullen

Jun 5 • 

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May 2025

The Circle of Knitters

by Susan Strawn

May 22 • 

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The Bumblebee Wars

by Russ Mullen

May 8 • 

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April 2025

Red-Tailed Hawk Revealed

by Robin Montgomery Kennedy

Apr 24 • 

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Christianity in Its Birthplace

by Hannah Breckbill

Apr 10 • 

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March 2025

Resistance

an excerpt from a drama by Taylor Sklenar

Mar 27 • 

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