When Hualing Nieh Engle first suggested bringing together a group of established writers from around the globe to nurture their …
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When Hualing Nieh Engle first suggested bringing together a group of established writers from around the globe to nurture their …
Of course Will Shortz lives in Pleasantville, N.Y. That’s the perfect environment for the man who adds color to our …
Jacqueline, the protagonist of Alexander Maksik’s “A Marker to Measure Drift” (Knopf, 222 pages, $24.95), has escaped horrors in Liberia. …
After a terrible tragedy, people often do one of two things: scrap everything and begin again, or remain perfectly still. …
1. “The Fall of Five” Lore 2. “Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy” Follett 3. “The …
Peter Godwin knows how to tell a good story. After serving as a war correspondent and reporting in 60 countries, …
Although summer isn’t officially over, every August brings back-to-school sales, the return of the college students, and the celebratory first-day …
The opening moments of Larry Watson’s new novel, “Let Him Go” (Milkweed Editions, 269 pages, $24), establish the author’s gift …
1. “RAGBRAI: America’s Favorite Ride” Borzo 2. “The Iowa Review Vol. 43 No. 1” Stecopoulos 3. “Fugitive Pieces” Michaels 4. …
Some readers are not concerned with plot, and remain undeterred if a novel is filled with abhorrent characters. If you …
While you are out shopping for Halloween costumes for the kids this year, you may want to grab a copy …
When Lisa Roberts moved to Iowa City in 2011, she couldn’t wait to immerse herself into the rich culture of …
In 1928, author Willard Huntington Wright published 20 rules for writing fair and suspenseful mysteries. These reasonable points, including that …
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