Dow Mossman

Dow Mossman received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his M.F.A. from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1969.

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In our interview with Mossman, he recalls, ""The first real job I ever had was pulling corn and soybeans outta boxcars at Cargills. It remains the only one I have had where, at breaks, everyone I knew lay flat on the floor, put a bottle of cold Pepsi on their (panting) navels and (only) breathed for 15 minutes.""

Mossman is an avid Cubs fan and rides a motorcycle.

Some of the other literary figures who have cameos in Stone Reader, Mark Moskowitz's documentary film about Mossman: legendary literary agent Carl Brandt, Iowa Writers' Workshop head Frank Conroy, and Robert Gottlieb, star editor of Joseph Heller's Catch 22.