marie mutsuki mockett is the author of picking bones from ash and the japanese say goodbye which is a finalist for the penn book award and she's written for the new york times, salon, national geographic and other publications and has been on top of the nation all things considered. he is a core member of the rainier writing workshop and visiting writer in the nsa program at st. mary's college incalifornia . she lives in san francisco and is coming to us from the monterey peninsula in california . please welcome marie mutsuki mockett. >> thanks for having me, i'm so glad we get to meet even in this sort of space. is that for me, is that a few for me to start my presentation? >> so i have a few. i will start with a few photos that i have, a little presentation around "america's harvest" to explain what it is to you. the opening line is this is the land of primary colors so here are sort of some of the primary colors that i referred to in thebook . these are a couple of large combines. i think most farmers i know, people outside of farming refer to them as combine harvesters. this is ki

the final virtual event for the online edition of the literary festival and i'm here with marie mutsuki mockett author of "america's harvest: god, country and farming in the heartland". my name is danny kane and i'm the owner of the raven bookstore in kansas and the director of the paper planes literary festival. we appreciate you being here with us today. it will be perhaps more fun if we were all together