WEBSTER CITY — Kendall Young Library will host Ted Genoways, author of the 2019 All Iowa Reads title, “This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Kendall Young Library.

Genoways will discuss his book and the rapidly changing landscape of small, traditional farming operations, as it unfolds day to day. Time will be built in for questions from the audience.

The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Far from an isolated refuge beyond the reach of global events, the family farm is increasingly at the crossroads of emerging technologies and international detente. “This Blessed Earth” follows one family from harvest to harvest and shows the triumphs and challenges of modern farming.

Genoways is an award-winning poet, journalist, and editor. A contributing writer at Mother Jones and The New Republic, as well as editor-at-large at Pacific Standard, his work has appeared in Harper’s, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, and the Washington Post Book World. He is a winner of a National Press Club Award and the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, and he has received fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation.