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Joe Fassler

Joe Fassler is an MFA fiction student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He also hosts The Lit Show on KRUI Radio, and is Webmaster for two literary journals, A Public Space and The Yale Review.

Flavor Flav vs. KFC: A Dispatch From Flav's Fried Chicken

Flavor Flav vs. KFC: A Dispatch From Flav's Fried Chicken

Why on earth did a rapper and reality TV star pick small-town Iowa as the launchpad for a fast food franchise?… More »

Conventional vs. Organic: An Ag Secretary Race to Watch

Conventional vs. Organic: An Ag Secretary Race to Watch

Iowa's too-close-to-call Secretary of Agriculture race shows that sustainability is gaining ground—even in the Farm Belt… More »

Timeline of Shame: Decades of DeCoster Egg Factory Violations

Timeline of Shame: Decades of DeCoster Egg Factory Violations

Interviews reveal the criminal past of the man who gave us the 2010 egg recall—a man who would "screw even his best friend to the wall for a buck"… More »

Before Iowa's Tainted Eggs, There Was Maine

Before Iowa's Tainted Eggs, There Was Maine

DeCoster eggs were infecting people 22 years before the recent Salmonella outbreak. But Maine cracked down.… More »

In Iowa Egg Country: Stench, Suspicion, and Fear

In Iowa Egg Country: Stench, Suspicion, and Fear

People in Clarion don't like what the huge DeCoster-owned chicken and hog factories have done to their community—and don't like talking about it, either… More »

Life According to Pete Seeger: No Computer, No Records, Just Singing

Life According to Pete Seeger: No Computer, No Records, Just Singing

The 91-year-old folk legend still believes in the power of song to transform society… More »

Daytrotter: Where Good Music Gets Saved

Daytrotter: Where Good Music Gets Saved

The second in a three-part series on websites that showcase artists and songs you don't already know by heart… More »

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