Lately, novels from Sweden have sunk into deep noir. ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is far from the only …
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Lately, novels from Sweden have sunk into deep noir. ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is far from the only …
One of the final chapters of Jeffrey Rosen’s ‘Conversations With RBG” reads like a liberal dream sequence. On a summer …
Why is Snoopy on the cover of ‘The Peanuts Papers”? Although the world’s most famous beagle eventually supplanted Charlie Brown …
The first time Elton John tried cocaine, he threw up. Looking back, he thinks, this should have been a sign. …
William Kyle Carpenter knows the pain will come. Nine years after throwing himself on a Taliban hand grenade in Afghanistan …
We are coming to the month of gathering with family to share food, memories, and gratitude for the gifts we …
Andre Perry is best known in the area as the executive director of The Englert, the downtown Iowa City venue …
Let’s give an enthusiastic toast to John le Carre. The dean of Anglo-American spy fiction just turned 88, and he’s …
When it comes to storytelling, Benjamin Percy is a jack-of-all-trades. He’s a novelist, a comics writer, a podcast scripter, and …
A good reporter, Gene Weingarten believes, should be able to find a story anywhere. Weingarten, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner …
If the best thing a literary prize can do is spark lively discussion, this year’s Booker Prize was a stupendous …
Zadie Smith is fearless. Her first short story collection, ‘Grand Union,” is a soup of contradictions served up with flair. …
CEDAR RAPIDS – It took Joanne Karns 18 years to put together her cookbook ‘Comfort Food and All that Jazz.” …
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