Molly Backes

Molly is the author of THE PRINCESSES OF IOWA and a 2019 Tulsa Artists fellow. Find Molly on Twitter: @mollybackes. Her website is mollybackes.com. Show Notes: Books, authors, movies, TV, specials, and other media or institutions mentioned include: Alliance of Artist Communities Books are Magic Little Manhattan Tirzah Price Rural YA School segregation in NYC in the New York Times George Kaiser Family Foundation Tulsa art article in the New York Times Wisconsin art fellowship Cornell College fellowship Route 66 Museum Molly's Route 66 Adventure by Dottie Raymer Ragdale Foundation residency for artists The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott "Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."- Flannery O'Conner, from Mysteries and Manners: Occasional Prose Iowa almond milk tweet story Field of Dreams Iowa Writers' Workshop NaNoWriMo Candlewick Press The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker Alex Awards for adult books with YA crossover appeal Linda Holmes About Truer Words: Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy. You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at [email protected].