Days 6-7 - Illinois/Iowa - Photo Journal

The SBYF Project is all about collecting and celebrating the wisdom of everyday people, but it's also cool when someone distinguished decides to participate.  We were in Iowa City yesterday, so I decided to drop in on the famous Iowa Writer's workshop.  They have a little house on the edge of campus.  It was quiet inside, except for a student worker typing with headphones on.  I told him a little about the project and he said, "I think I have someone you'll want to talk to."  He led me around the corner and knocked on an office door.  "Hey, Jim...there's a guy here I think you should meet." 

I got inside the office, and there was James McPherson - the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction!