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Stitches and everyday joy

Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe

In the dark days of the pandemic,poet and essayist Ross Gay became a household name and bestselling author. His collection of essays, The Book of Delights, is about the profound beauty to be found in everyday life. Now he has published a follow up, The Book of (More) Delights. He discusses writing and finding joy with host Charity Nebbe.

Then Marianne Fons, quilt designer and former co-host of Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting on PBS and past president of the Iowa Quilt Museum in Winterset discusses her newest passion: rescuing and finishing unfinished quilts.

Guests:

  • Ross Gay, author, English professor at Indiana University-Bloomington
  • Marianne Fons, founding board member of the Iowa Quilt Museum
Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa
Samantha McIntosh is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio. Prior to IPR, Samantha worked as a reporter for radio stations in southeast and west central Iowa under M&H Broadcasting, and before that she was a weekend music host for GO 96.3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Caitlin Troutman is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio