Get cozy! It’s time for the Talk of Iowa book club.
We’ve been reading 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.
Guests:
- Ann Patchett, authorand owner of Parnassus Books
- Debra Marquart, Iowa’s Poet Laureate, authorand distinguished professor of English at Iowa State University
- Ann Friedman, author of Big Friendship and journalist raised in Iowa
