The Iowa City Book Festival, which is put on by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization, moved online …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Oct. 12, 2020 6:10 pm1879d ago
The Iowa City Book Festival, which is put on by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization, moved online …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Oct. 3, 2020 9:16 pm1888d ago
‘If the Body Allows It,” Megan Cummins’ debut short-story collection, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, is …
By Kristine Olsen Books Sep. 20, 2020 9:00 am1901d ago
Have you ever found yourself in one of the great cities of the world, either here or abroad, and felt …
By Wendy Henrichs, correspondent Books Sep. 12, 2020 4:48 pm1909d ago
With Halloween creeping quickly around the corner, young readers with a penchant for spine tingles might want a spooky sampling …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Sep. 5, 2020 3:11 pm1916d ago
I’m not much of an outdoors lover. As a general rule, I’m perfectly happy indoors with my books. But a …
By Rob Cline, for The Gazette
Books Aug. 22, 2020 9:00 am1930d ago
In late 2018, Barry Phipps and his mother were on a mission to deliver a table from Missouri to his …
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin, correspondent
Books Aug. 2, 2020 10:00 am1950d ago
In the midst of this trying time, I am looking for books that can give us all hope. Hope because …
Books Aug. 2, 2020 9:00 am1950d ago
Mary Anning made one of the most fascinating discoveries of her life – a discovery that changed science as we …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jul. 25, 2020 1:32 pm1958d ago
‘When did the Rob Cline I know become a self-important putz?” That’s what author and Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad Rick …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jul. 20, 2020 5:57 pm1963d ago
June 24 was author Lawrence Block’s 82nd birthday. It was also the release date for ‘Dead Girl Blues,” his latest …
Books Jul. 18, 2020 5:14 pm1965d ago
For years, Patricia Prijatel has been spending her summers in a tiny, peaceful cabin on a picturesque mountainside in southern …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jun. 26, 2020 11:00 am1987d ago
Jennifer Habel’s Iowa Poetry Prize-winning collection ‘The Book of Jane,” published by University of Iowa Press, is filled with arresting …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jun. 23, 2020 10:30 am1990d ago
In William Fargason’s poetry collection ‘Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara,” there is much faith and failure and …
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