Get cozy! We're taking a look back at our favorite Talk of Iowa book club episodes.
In February, we read These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, a 2021 essay collection that explores big topics like love, friendship and mortality and more mundane ideas, like curbing the urge to shop or cleaning out stuffed closets. As a whole, the essays take readers on a deeply personal and surprising journey.
Host Charity Nebbe discusses These Precious Days with Patchett and expert readers Debra Marquart and Ann Friedman.
This episode was originally produced Feb. 21, 2023.
Guests:
- Ann Patchett, author and owner of Parnassus Books
- Debra Marquart, Iowa’s Poet Laureate, author and distinguished professor of English at Iowa State University
- Ann Friedman, author of Big Friendship and journalist raised in Iowa
