CEDAR RAPIDS – Sandra Dallas is not a quilt novelist. ‘That’s a very specific genre,” she explains. ‘I’m just a …
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Sandra Dallas is not a quilt novelist. ‘That’s a very specific genre,” she explains. ‘I’m just a …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Oct. 19, 2014 9:00 am4008d ago
It’s been 20 years since author Sandra Dallas wrote The Persian Pickle Club, and fans have been hoping for a …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Oct. 19, 2014 9:00 am4008d ago
A good portion of Kris Kaiser’s self-published debut thriller, ‘Proclivity,” takes place in Iowa, including key scenes in Swisher and …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Books Oct. 19, 2014 9:00 am4008d ago
Kimberly Belle packs a punch with the gripping prologue of ‘The Last Breath.” And this debut novelist keeps readers turning …
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FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘The Blood of Olympus” Riordan 2. ‘Gone Girl” Flynn 3. ‘Killing Patton” O’Reilly 4. ‘A Quilt for Christmas” …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Oct. 12, 2014 9:00 am4015d ago
Imagine Hansel and Gretel not as lost children in the woods but as city kids in a terrible foster home. …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Oct. 12, 2014 9:00 am4015d ago
One of the characters in Amina Gautier’s remarkable new collection of short stories, ‘Now We Will Be Happy” (University of …
Books Oct. 12, 2014 9:00 am4015d ago
Cedar Rapids author Ed Gorman’s successfully-drawn literary picture of Sam McCain’s coming of age comes to a close in the …
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FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘Lila” Robinson 2. ‘Some Luck” Smiley 3. ‘Not that Kind of Girl” Dunham 4. ‘Hags” Zhang 5. ‘A …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Oct. 5, 2014 9:01 am4022d ago
In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy of Jonestown on Nov. 18, 1978, the Peoples Temple movement was portrayed in …
By Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Books Oct. 5, 2014 9:01 am4022d ago
I came to Lena Dunham, appropriately enough, at my therapist’s office. I was paging through the Aug. 13, 2012, issue …
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IOWA CITY – Lena Dunham will be in Iowa City on Tuesday for a sold-out event at 7 p.m. at …
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1. ‘Killing Patton” O’Reilly 2. ‘The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion” Flagg 3. ‘Edge of Eternity” Follett 4. ‘A Halloween …
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