The stories in Vivek Shraya’s collection ‘God Loves Hair” (Arsenal Pulp Press, 112 page, $18.95) are linked vignettes describing the …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Nov. 9, 2014 8:00 am3987d ago
The stories in Vivek Shraya’s collection ‘God Loves Hair” (Arsenal Pulp Press, 112 page, $18.95) are linked vignettes describing the …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Nov. 9, 2014 8:00 am3987d ago
Most of us would not have considered writing a memoir when we were just 18. How much life had we …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Nov. 9, 2014 5:00 am3987d ago
The title couldn’t be much clearer: ‘The is a Book for the Parents of Gay Kids” is, in fact, a …
By Mary Sharp, correspondent Books Nov. 10, 2014 11:17 am3986d ago
IOWA CITY – The Gray Hawk Memoir Writers Group has capped 15 years of meetings and writings with the publication …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Nov. 2, 2014 9:00 am3994d ago
In her Pulitzer-prize winning novel ‘Gilead,” Marilynne Robinson explored the depths of the aged Rev. John Ames as he wrote …
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Books Nov. 2, 2014 9:00 am3994d ago
FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘A Quilt for Christmas” Dallas 2. ‘Gray Mountain” Grisham 3. ‘Critter Sitter” Richards 4. ‘That Tree” Hirsch 5. …
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin, guest columnist
Books Nov. 2, 2014 9:00 am3994d ago
It is fitting that November is the month when we celebrate gratitude. Who has not looked up into a tapestry …
By Chris Clair, University of Iowa News Services
Books Nov. 2, 2014 9:00 am3994d ago
IOWA CITY – Bernice Chauly has long thought that University of Iowa is the place to go in North America …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Nov. 2, 2014 8:59 am3994d ago
Joseph Dobrian’s new novel, ‘Ambitions,” is itself fairly ambitious. The novel, which is set in State City, Iowa (a re-imagining …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Oct. 26, 2014 9:00 am4001d ago
Matt Freedman began a handwritten journal on Oct. 3, 2012. The visual artist, who is a graduate of the University …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Oct. 26, 2014 9:00 am4001d ago
Ruth and Aaron are living the idyllic Amish life with their four children and one on the way. Their life …
By Todd Burras, Ames Tribune
Books Oct. 26, 2014 9:00 am4001d ago
If you’ve ever dipped a canoe or kayak paddle into one of the more than 1,000 lakes that make up …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Oct. 26, 2014 8:35 pm4001d ago
Most novels tell the story of one person, or, in some cases, one family. In ‘The Book of Unknown Americans,” …
By Ryan J. Foley And Hannah Fingerhut
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