Join us for the Iowa Writers' Collaborative Holiday Party

If you think we're a quirky bunch on Substack, just wait until you get us under the same roof.

Get ready to raise your glass for an eggnog toast: It’s time for an exclusive holiday party in the governor’s house—but not the house you’re thinking.

Iowa’s inaugural governor’s mansion was bought, not built, thanks to a strained supply chain.

A severe lack of new building materials in the wake of World War II led the Iowa Legislature in 1947 to purchase…