Amidst the cornfields and hog barns of Iowa is the town of Storm Lake, where Art Cullen is editor and co-owner of the local newspaper, the Storm Lake Times Pilot. Cullen is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist whose new book calls attention to the environmental damage resulting from agriculture and climate to the soil, water and air in Iowa. The book is titled Dear Marty, We Crapped in Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World.
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Art Cullen is editor and co-owner of the Storm Lake Times Pilot in rural northwest Iowa. Born and raised in Storm Lake, Iowa, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his coverage of the agricultural surface water pollution in Iowa and has written multiple books on Storm Lake. His latest book Dear Marty, We Crapped in Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World weaves connections between Iowa’s past and present to tell a nuanced story about rural Iowa and its relationship to immigration, climate, and agriculture.
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