Lit City

Lit City Episode Eight: Sanctuaries and Shadow Selves


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As the bells ring for mid-day mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Iowa City, we talk outside with Lauren Haldeman about the time legendary Southern author Flannery O'Connor spent in Lit City. O'Connor may have felt like a fish out of water in the Midwest, but that's not the case for Dean Bakopoulos, Assistant Professor of English at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and author of the novel Summerlong . Tune in to hear him talk about Kum 'n' Go, his writing habits, and the challenges of
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Lit CityBy Iowa Public Radio