The first anomalous thing people living in Manson noticed was the water. Iowa’s groundwater typically has a fairly high dissolved mineral content, mostly calcium and magnesium, absorbed as the water passes over and through the limestone formations underlying the state. It’s considered “hard water.” But water coming from wells in the small western Iowa town, […]
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Bill Bryson talks Iowa homecoming at Writers’ Workshop
“This is the first time I’ve gotten to the Writers’ Workshop,” said Bill Bryson, to the audience gathered in the sun-filled Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House. The Iowa-born writer and current resident of England is one of the most widely published authors of nonfiction. This week, the University of Iowa awarded Bryson […]
