St. Louis-born author Jane Smiley has won a Pulitzer and published more than 25 books, but she has never set a book in her hometown — until now. Lucky, which dropped last month, is an alternative history of Smiley’s life: What if, when attending John Burroughs high school, she fell in love with music and songwriting instead of books and writing?
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Jane Smiley at the Iowa City Public Library in conversation with IPR's Charity Nebbe | Iowa Now uiowa.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uiowa.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley iowapublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iowapublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.