Struthers raises about 4,500 pigs for meat every year. Kathleen Masterson/Iowa Public Radio hide caption

Luis Alberto Urrea was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction in 2005. Nicole Waite/Little, Brown & Co. hide caption

Zieti's members and extended family in the band's early days. Left to right: Tiende Laurent, Gnakale Aristide, Michael Shereikis (in back) with wife Natasha and son Nicholas, Yeoue Narcisse and Alex Owre. Courtesy of the artist hide caption