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Jacqueline Briggs Martin Books May. 15, 2022 2:43 pm313d ago
These books allow us all to fly, to see other worlds, to come back seeing our world anew.
Rob Cline Books Apr. 30, 2022 7:00 am329d ago
Mary Helen Stefaniak’s latest novel, a mystery, is set in a nursing home where the game ends once its creators die.
Wendy Henrichs Books Apr. 23, 2022 6:00 am340d ago
Livy's alter ego — Viola — is the dark-side voice in her head that’s always overpowering her with negative talk in ‘Living with Viola.’
The Gazette Books Apr. 21, 2022 5:45 am340d ago
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Next Page Books and CSPS will present “An Evening with Page & Performance Poets” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28. The event will feature 10 of the area’s outstanding published, page, performance and emerging poets.
Rob Cline Books Apr. 16, 2022 7:00 am351d ago
Iowa City author Erik Therme recently released “If She Wakes,” the follow-up to his novel “If She Dies,” which recounted the story of a mother beset by grief and the dangerous decisions she makes as a result.
Laura Farmer
Books Apr. 9, 2022 6:45 am352d ago
How would you spend your last days on earth? That question drives Iowa City author Mike Meginnis’ latest novel, “Drowning Practice.”
Rob Cline
Books Apr. 1, 2022 7:15 am359d ago
A suggestion from a friend got Jennifer Fawcett started on a book project — a project that would eventually become her debut (and quite scary) novel “Beneath the Stairs.”
Laura Farmer
Books Mar. 26, 2022 7:00 am365d ago
“Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South,” by Jodi Skipper, provides insight on how to fully tell the difficult history of slavery in the U.S. The book is out now from the University of Iowa Press.
Books Mar. 19, 2022 7:15 am373d ago
The Reflections collection also includes kits with themed photo and activity cards and DVDs. They are designed to prompt conversations and reminiscing between people with dementia and their caregivers or other friends and family.
Books Mar. 12, 2022 7:00 am379d ago
Award-winning children’s book “Watercress” looks at the complicated emotions involved in leaving one’s home and making a life in a new and foreign culture.
Pets & Animals Mar. 4, 2022 7:40 am386d ago
For four years, Frank the cat has been the best sales clerk at Next Page Books bookstore in Cedar Rapids’ NewBo neighborhood. “He’s become the face of the bookstore,” store owner Bart Carithers says.
Rob Cline
Books Feb. 26, 2022 7:00 am393d ago
Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez, who lives and works in Eastern Iowa, lost her husband of 21 years to drowning while on a family vacation. In the aftermath, she began writing in a journal. Over time, that journal formed the basis for the book “A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance: A Love Story of Grief, Trauma, Healing, and Faith.”
Rob Cline
Books Feb. 12, 2022 7:00 am408d ago
In Larry Baker’s “Wyman and the Florida Knights,” family secrets are plentiful and drive the drama of the book.
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