Mary Swander

Artistic director of Swander Woman Productions and executive director of AgArts. My latest book is The Maverick M.D.

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The Iowa Capital Dispatch picked up my Buggy Land story about the floating barn. Take a look:

https://t.co/igT3Hl4EJW

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Do you remember Dolores Huerta and what she did for farm workers? Read Rocky Lyons' column on the subject.

https://t.co/tVbuePwhcm

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What's the story on this beautiful Beverly Pepper sculpture? Read my latest column:
https://t.co/nZYABaLjU4

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AgArts booth at PFI Conference. IA events Center. Des Moines. Jan 10-11. Come sign up for a residency, buy a book, book a show.

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What happens when you see a barn floating toward you in the left-hand lane.
https://t.co/RuYqDdNQQJ

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What's it like to be autistic? Read D.J. Savarese's piece on neurodiversity.

https://t.co/6mKbY7R1ns

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And what's next? From Rolvaag to Borlaug, Taylor Brorby's beautifully written essay speaks of the history of farming and fishing. The fruits of an AgArts residency.

https://t.co/UCeVx2i1Ph

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Help bridge the urban/rural divide. Donate directly to AgArts, a non-profit designed to imagine and promote healthy food systems through the arts:
https://t.co/V3ppNKUB7I

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Free excerpt reading of Mary Swander's new play called Coop, starring Rip Russell. Object theatre. 7:00 P.M. Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. Hillcrest Academy. 1421 540th St. SW, Kalona, IA 52247. Discussion follows the show.

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What to be thankful for? Contrasts. Read "Ring the Bell" in Mary Swander's Buggy Land Substack page.
https://t.co/o4qj1b6UzE

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Where does water pollution come from? What can be done about it? Read Joshua T. Anderson's "Living Roots."
https://t.co/GDZXLPfgRi

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What's the origin of Halloween? And Jack-o-lanterns? Read my Buggyland Substack post today:
https://t.co/g6VnP2L7iq

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Do you think we are polarized today? Take a look back to 19th-century Ireland when riots broke out over a bowl of soup.

And enjoy all the other great writers in the Iowa Writers Collaborative in this Sunday's Round-Up:

https://t.co/KXn7EVpHKD

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Copies of my new play Squatters on Red Earth are now available for download on my website:
https://t.co/HcESE4CvZg

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"Black people are coming!" Rachel Fay said, standing near my basket of hot peppers on the table.

A meeting with Kenyan customers at an Amish vegetable stand.

"One to Ten in Swahili" in Mary Swander's Buggy Land:

https://t.co/MDVZTr8VPJ

#kenya
#thelionking

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Paul, the egg man, and Aidan Yoder, the student activist, explore these meaning of service. Mary Swander helps Bring Back the Bluebirds. Episode #60 of Buggy Land podcast.
#pasturedpoultry
#Gaza
#peacemarch
#bluebirds

https://t.co/Vep6w4I2tp

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Master naturalist Amie Adams compiled the writings of botanist and bird Bernt Olaf Wolden. Read this evocative piece about goldenrod:

https://t.co/xNdGOGm5U8

#goldenrod
#natural history
#botany
#wildflowers
#PrairieRivalryBash

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What do I find when I find my ancestral home in Ireland?

https://t.co/VD5X3BBcEn

#Ireland

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Emerging Voices guest columnist Aidan Yoder marched over a hundred miles to protest the war in Gaza. Read about his motivation and commitment.

https://t.co/YWUj77gBD6

#GazaGenocide

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New merchandise: Mini Straw Bales. Made by an 11 year-old Amish boy who also made the baler. Patent pending.
#straw