Archive - Mary Swander's Emerging Voices

by Kayt Sunwood

Apr 4 •

March 2024

Today’s post is an excerpt taken from Ruth Suckow’s novel Country People, first published in 1924, and reissued this centenary year. Country People was…

Mar 21 •

Ruth Suckow Park

by James Calvn Schaap

Mar 7 •

February 2024

From Dirt Poor to Common Ground

by Joshua T. Anderson

Feb 22 •

Waiting Tables: First Step for Food Critic

by Wini Moranville

Feb 8 •

January 2024

It's Hard to Try New Things

by Claire Richmond

Jan 25 •

From "An Outlook on Winter"

by LIberty Hyde Bailey

Jan 11 •

Notes from Country School Pymosa #4

by Ardyth Harris Gillespie

Jan 4 •

December 2023

Hassled with Holiday Preparations?

Today’s guest author is our Amish chef friend Ruby, the grossmommie (or grandma) who makes regular appearances on Mary Swander’s Buggy Land podcast…

Dec 21, 2023 •

The Gaman Mittens

by Susan Strawn

Dec 7, 2023 •

November 2023

Happy Thanksgiving and an Invitation!

Tomorrow! On Friday, November 24 at noon, paid subscribers to any member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative are welcome to join a Zoom call with Ellen…

Nov 23, 2023 •

The Marching Bears of Iowa

by Lori Erickson

Nov 23, 2023 •

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