Podcast "AgArts From Horse And Buggy Land" Highlights The Arts In Rural Iowa

By Charity Nebbe,

Rick Brewer

Published November 23, 2020 at 3:51 PM CST

Mary Swander is the Executive Director of AgArts, a non-profit organization that imagines and promotes healthy food systems through the arts

Mary Swander is a former poet laureate of Iowa, a playwriter and author and executive director and founder of AgArts. And this year she’s added a few new adjectives to her description. She’s a podcaster and a biographer.

On this edition of Talk of Iowa, Charity speaks with Mary Swander about her new book "The Maverick MD: Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and his Fight for a New Cancer Treatment." This is her first biography.

Swander also talks about one of her most recent ventures outside of book publishing, a podcast titled "AgArts From Horse And Buggy Land," a reference to the rural Amish area where she lives.

Guest:

Mary Swander, executive director, AgArts