Amber Dermont writes arresting sentences. That’s the first thing that jumped out at me as I read her short story …
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Amber Dermont writes arresting sentences. That’s the first thing that jumped out at me as I read her short story …
Fiction/Non-fiction 1. “Say Yes” Daniels 2. “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells” Greer 3. “Sisterland” Sittenfeld 4. “The Ocean at …
What do stockholders, pirates and chefs have in common? In Eli Brown’s novel, “Cinnamon and Gunpowder,” they all fear the …
With a new movie on the big screen, Superman is once again at the forefront of popular culture. As a …
‘The Bracelet” by Roberta Gately opens with Abby, a United Nations aid worker witnessing what she believes to be a …
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1. “Inferno” Brown 2. “The Heist” Evanovich 3. “Orphan Train” Kline 4. “Joyland” King 5. “World War Z: An Oral …
Evan Roskos’s “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets” (Houghton Mifflin, 2013) is one of the best books I’ve read in …
IOWA CITY – The Iowa City Book Festival will celebrate its fifth year in the City of Literature with an …
It’s the early 1970s and Pepper Porter, the main character (and lead guitar player) in Barry Wightman’s novel “Pepperland,” is …
There is a denseness to Ben Miller’s prose that, at times, impedes the reader’s progress through his memoir. One gets …
Anna, the main character in Alina Simone’s debut novel “Note to Self,” has recently been let go from her cubicle …
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