Stephen G. Bloom

STEPHEN G. BLOOM, the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa, is the author of "Postviile: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America," "Inside the Writer's Mind," and "The Oxford Project" (with Peter Feldstein). For more than 20 years, Bloom was an award-winning reporter for "The Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, "and" San Jose Mercury News." He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.