Imagine a country so traumatized by deception, lies and gaslighting that it opts to prioritize facts and truth-telling above all …
By Jon Michaud, The Washington Post Books Jan. 26, 2019 11:57 pm2553d ago
Imagine a country so traumatized by deception, lies and gaslighting that it opts to prioritize facts and truth-telling above all …
By Mary Beth Albright, The Washington Post Books Jan. 26, 2019 11:56 pm2553d ago
The problem with parenting books is that most parents don’t have time to read them. They’re like manuals about how …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 26, 2019 3:26 pm2553d ago
It’s been more than 17 years since Elizabeth McCracken – Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum and acclaimed writer of fiction long …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jan. 26, 2019 1:00 pm2553d ago
At the age of 23, the unnamed narrator in Argentinian writer Mariana Dimopulos’ terrific debut English novel ‘All My Goodbyes,” …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jan. 26, 2019 9:52 am2553d ago
The underpinning of Elizabeth McCracken’s new novel, ‘Bowlaway,” wasn’t the intricacies of bowling or octagonal homes designed by amateur architects …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Jan. 26, 2019 9:44 am2553d ago
The fifth book in the Black Dog Bay series set in the idyllic town of Black Dog Bay, Delaware, is …
By Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Books Jan. 19, 2019 5:51 pm2560d ago
Dani Shapiro has built a career writing about the perplexing corners of her life – the mysteries of her marriage; …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jan. 19, 2019 10:35 am2560d 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 am2560d 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 am2560d 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 am2561d 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 am2561d 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 pm2567d ago
‘What must it be like, to live in a world that wants to kill you?” This question, posed by one …
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