Tim Johnston’s new novel, ‘Descent” (Algonquin Books, 376 pages, $25.95), is a dark and beautiful book. Centered on the kidnapping …
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By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 18, 2015 10:00 am3994d ago
Tim Johnston’s new novel, ‘Descent” (Algonquin Books, 376 pages, $25.95), is a dark and beautiful book. Centered on the kidnapping …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 18, 2015 10:00 am3994d ago
IOWA CITY – On the cover of Tim Johnston’s new novel, ‘Descent,” one finds this blurb from author Alice LaPlante: …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jan. 18, 2015 10:00 am3994d ago
Most Americans know architect Frank Lloyd Wright, but few know the story of his cook, a Barbados man named Julian …
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Living Jan. 18, 2015 10:00 am3994d ago
The Cedar Rapids Public Library is joining hundreds of people across the nation in supporting the National Book Foundation in …
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Chicago will be the first performers on stage at the McGrath Amphitheater for the 2015 season. Tickets …
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Rarely has a nod to the past, present and future worked as well as in the Cedar …
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By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 11, 2015 6:20 am4001d ago
Writing a mystery novel offers any number of logistical challenges. Clues – both true and false – must be scattered …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jan. 11, 2015 6:10 am4001d ago
There are writers skilled at transforming seemingly banal, everyday matters into literature, and then there are writers who take these …
By Carol Gorman
Books Jan. 11, 2015 6:00 am4001d ago
Plot and character development work together in a finely crafted novel. A character wants something but faces difficult circumstances. As …
Living Jan. 11, 2015 5:00 am4001d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Words and pictures are firmly entwined in the illustrator Jeni Reeves’ being. ‘Storytelling is part of the …
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Books Jan. 11, 2015 5:00 am4001d ago
FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘All the Light We Cannot See” Doerr 2. ‘I Love You Night and Day” Prasadam-Halls 3. ‘Unbroken” Hillenbrand …
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