Peter Orner introduces us to a sizable cast of characters in his latest collection, ‘Maggie Brown and Others.” The book …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Oct. 6, 2019 2:20 am2193d ago
Peter Orner introduces us to a sizable cast of characters in his latest collection, ‘Maggie Brown and Others.” The book …
By Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post Books Oct. 6, 2019 2:19 am2193d ago
If you thought September was a busy book month, welcome to October. If allowed, I’d triple this list to include …
By Sibbie O’Sullivan, Washington Post Books Oct. 6, 2019 2:18 am2193d ago
Even if Debbie Harry, of the band Blondie, isn’t to your taste – her voice too thin, her sexiness too …
By Gary W. Gallagher, Washington Post Books Oct. 6, 2019 2:18 am2193d ago
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln addressed a convention of Illinois Republicans who hoped he would unseat Stephen A. Douglas …
By Ron Charles, Washington Post Books Oct. 6, 2019 2:17 am2193d ago
Elif Shafak is vexing officials in Turkey again. Good. A brilliant writer fluent in both English and Turkish, Shafak is …
By Karin Tanabe, Washington Post
Books Oct. 6, 2019 2:16 am2193d ago
An impulsive British woman, her band of librarians on horseback, a punishing winter in Southern Appalachia, moonshiners with itchy trigger …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Sep. 30, 2019 10:00 am2199d ago
Former C.R. resident, UI alum to speak Wednesday at Iowa City Book Festival Cedar Rapids native John Camp – known …
Books Sep. 30, 2019 11:31 am2199d ago
In El Salvador, ‘hermanos lejanos,” aka ‘the far away brothers,” are the children who have left the country of their …
By Rick Nelson, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Books Sep. 29, 2019 4:19 am2200d ago
One of the produce section’s shining joys of summer gets its due in ‘The Peach Truck Cookbook” (Scribner, $28). The …
By Kim Ode, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Books Sep. 22, 2019 2:17 am2207d ago
In this stand-alone novel, Nevada Barr departs from her long-beleaguered heroine, park ranger Anna Pigeon, and introduces us to Rose …
By Maggie Trapp, Washington Post
Books Sep. 22, 2019 2:15 am2207d ago
In ‘A Mistake,” New Zealand author Carl Shuker conveys in gorgeous, heartbreaking detail the shock of catastrophe and the ways …
By Michael Cavna, Washington Post
Books Sep. 22, 2019 2:13 am2207d ago
The graphic novelist who first cracked the best-seller list by writing about her teeth has turned her focus to another …
By Angela Haupt, Washington Post
Books Sep. 22, 2019 2:06 am2207d ago
Go ahead and clutch that pumpkin spice latte in one hand, but leave the other free for a book. This …
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