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Episode: An Interview with Joe Blair - Author of "By the Iowa Sea" (Episode #63, 7 Oct. 2021)
Description: Friends, what an honor to interview, Joe Blair, HVAC repairman, UI Non-Fiction Writer's Workshop grad, husband, dad, and author of the one of the best books that I have read, "By the Iowa Sea". Â The term "memoir" doesn't do this book justice. Â It a meditation on hopes, dreams, marriage, being a dad, suffering, and renewal. Â This is a book that you will want to read four or five times. Â The whole book is a pure, intense, powerful and poetic. Â It'll light your soul.
Originally from Westford, Massachusetts, Joe and his new wife, Deb, went on a cross count...