When Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, first entered politics as a candidate for state treasurer in 2010, …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jan. 19, 2019 10:35 am2453d ago
When Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, first entered politics as a candidate for state treasurer in 2010, …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 19, 2019 10:32 am2453d ago
I almost gave up on ‘At Home in the Dark,” a new anthology of grim stories edited by Lawrence Block. …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 19, 2019 10:29 am2453d ago
Tom Hunt’s sophomore effort, ‘One Fatal Mistake,” takes as its starting point the same sort of moral dilemma that drove …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 19, 2019 8:15 am2453d ago
Washington, Iowa, native Tom Hunt had an experience not unlike one of the primary characters in his new novel, ‘One …
Meredith Hines-Dochterman Books Jan. 19, 2019 8:00 am2453d ago
I sent an email to the entire Iowa City Public Library staff in early November asking them to tell me …
By Marion Winik, Newsday
Books Jan. 12, 2019 9:19 pm2460d ago
‘What must it be like, to live in a world that wants to kill you?” This question, posed by one …
By Tom Beer, Newsday
Books Jan. 12, 2019 9:17 pm2460d ago
‘Deer Reeder: First may I say, sorry for any werds I spel rong,” begins the new story by George Saunders, …
By Brad Meltzerm, The Washington Post
Books Jan. 12, 2019 9:10 pm2460d ago
They were plotting to kill George Washington. I first saw the details in a footnote. I thought it had to …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 12, 2019 8:56 pm2460d ago
When I interviewed Tim Johnston about ‘Descent,” his first novel, in early 2015, he was struggling to reconcile his sense …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 12, 2019 8:42 pm2460d ago
Tim Johnston’s new novel, ‘The Current,” is an exceptional tale of suspicion and secrets _ and a strong follow-up to …
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Books Jan. 12, 2019 8:23 pm2460d ago
Karen Bender will read from her new short story collection, ‘The New Order” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Prairie Lights …
By Terri LeBlanc, correspondent
Books Jan. 12, 2019 6:03 pm2460d ago
Kate Morton is the master of dual point of view historical fiction novels. Each of her previous novels, from ‘The …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Jan. 12, 2019 6:03 pm2460d ago
January is the time of year when many of us think about making changes to our current lifestyle, maybe adding …
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