Leif Enger isn’t in a hurry. His acclaimed first novel, ‘Peace Like a River,” was published in 2001. His next, …
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Leif Enger isn’t in a hurry. His acclaimed first novel, ‘Peace Like a River,” was published in 2001. His next, …
Fan fiction – in which amateur writers create new adventures for existing characters from book, television, or movies – is …
In her second novel, ‘Refuge,” Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna Dina Nayeri beautifully blends the personal and the political. This story …
It’s been 19 years since I first interviewed Rick Harsch in my early days as a book reviewer. Back then, …
Rick Harsch’s new novel, ‘Voices After Evelyn,” takes us to La Crosse, Wis., site of a real-life unsolved mystery. In …
‘Craving,” a recently translated novel by Dutch novelist Esther Gerritsen, is the story of Elizabeth and her adult daughter, Coco, …
It’s reasonably easy to describe the structure of ‘CoDex 1962,” which is the overarching title given to a collection of …
As author and journalist Sarah Smarsh explains in her powerful nonfiction debut ‘Heartland,” she grew up a ‘poor child in …
D. Wystan Owen’s debut story collection, ‘Other People’s Love Affairs,” is a beautiful book. The loosely linked stories take us …
D. Wystan Owen didn’t know he was composing a collection of linked short stories when he first wrote many of …
The idea of the vice president becoming a detective occurred to author Andrew Shaffer during the Obama administration. ‘I thought …
After eight years as president and vice president of the United States, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are available for …
Readers may think they are in for a roller-coaster thriller of a book full of twists and turns reading the …
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